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

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# wp_ajax_menu_quick_search()

## In this article

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

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Handles menu quick searching via AJAX.

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

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

    	require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php';

    	_wp_ajax_menu_quick_search( $_POST );

    	wp_die();
    }
    ```

[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/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php#L2024)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php#L2024-L2034)

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

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

Prints the appropriate response to a menu quick search.

  | 
| [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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| [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_quick_search/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

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

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