Title: customize_nav_menu_available_items
Published: August 18, 2015
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘customize_nav_menu_available_items’, array $items, string $object_type, string $object_name, int $page )

## In this article

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

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Filters the available menu items.

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

 `$items`array

The array of menu items.

`$object_type`string

The object type.

`$object_name`string

The object name.

`$page`int

The current page number.

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

    ```php
    $items = apply_filters( 'customize_nav_menu_available_items', $items, $object_type, $object_name, $page );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php#L307)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php#L307-L307)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Customize_Nav_Menus::load_available_items_query()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_customize_nav_menus/load_available_items_query/)`wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php` |

Performs the post_type and taxonomy queries for loading available menu items.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.3.0/) | Introduced. |

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