Title: wp_ajax_menu_locations_save
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# wp_ajax_menu_locations_save()

## In this article

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

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Handles saving menu locations via AJAX.

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

    ```php
    function wp_ajax_menu_locations_save() {
    	if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_theme_options' ) ) {
    		wp_die( -1 );
    	}

    	check_ajax_referer( 'add-menu_item', 'menu-settings-column-nonce' );

    	if ( ! isset( $_POST['menu-locations'] ) ) {
    		wp_die( 0 );
    	}

    	set_theme_mod( 'nav_menu_locations', array_map( 'absint', $_POST['menu-locations'] ) );
    	wp_die( 1 );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php#L1962)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php#L1962-L1975)

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

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

Updates theme modification value for the active theme.

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| [current_user_can()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/current_user_can/)`wp-includes/capabilities.php` |

Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.

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| [check_ajax_referer()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/check_ajax_referer/)`wp-includes/pluggable.php` |

Verifies the Ajax request to prevent processing requests external of the blog.

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

Kills WordPress execution and displays HTML page with an error message.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.1.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.1.0/) | Introduced. |

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