Title: _wp_delete_post_menu_item
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# _wp_delete_post_menu_item( int $object_id )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_delete_post_menu_item/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_delete_post_menu_item/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_delete_post_menu_item/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_delete_post_menu_item/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

Callback for handling a menu item when its original object is deleted.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_delete_post_menu_item/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$object_id`intrequired

The ID of the original object being trashed.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_delete_post_menu_item/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function _wp_delete_post_menu_item( $object_id ) {
    	$object_id = (int) $object_id;

    	$menu_item_ids = wp_get_associated_nav_menu_items( $object_id, 'post_type' );

    	foreach ( (array) $menu_item_ids as $menu_item_id ) {
    		wp_delete_post( $menu_item_id, true );
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/nav-menu.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/nav-menu.php#L1097)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/nav-menu.php#L1097-L1105)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_delete_post_menu_item/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [wp_delete_post()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_delete_post/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Trashes or deletes a post or page.

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| [wp_get_associated_nav_menu_items()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_associated_nav_menu_items/)`wp-includes/nav-menu.php` |

Returns the menu items associated with a particular object.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_wp_delete_post_menu_item/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.0.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.0.0/) | Introduced. |

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