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

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_edit_nav_menu_walker’, string $class, int $menu_id )

## In this article

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

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Filters the [Walker](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/walker/) 
class used when adding nav menu items.

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

 `$class`string

The walker class to use. Default ‘[Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/walker_nav_menu_edit/)‘.

`$menu_id`int

ID of the menu being rendered.

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

    ```php
    $walker_class_name = apply_filters( 'wp_edit_nav_menu_walker', 'Walker_Nav_Menu_Edit', $menu_id );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php#L1284)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php#L1284-L1284)

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

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_ajax_add_menu_item()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_ajax_add_menu_item/)`wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php` |

Handles adding a menu item via AJAX.

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

Returns the menu formatted to edit.

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

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

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