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

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_get_nav_menu_object’, WP_Term|false $menu_obj, int|string|WP_Term $menu )

## In this article

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

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Filters the nav_menu term retrieved for [wp_get_nav_menu_object()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_nav_menu_object/).

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

 `$menu_obj`[WP_Term](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_term/)
|false

Term from nav_menu taxonomy, or false if nothing had been found.

`$menu`int|string|[WP_Term](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_term/)

The menu ID, slug, name, or object passed to [wp_get_nav_menu_object()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_nav_menu_object/).

More Arguments from wp_get_nav_menu_object( … $menu )

Menu ID, slug, name, or object.

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

    ```php
    return apply_filters( 'wp_get_nav_menu_object', $menu_obj, $menu );
    ```

[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#L49)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/nav-menu.php#L49-L49)

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

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

Returns a navigation menu object.

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

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

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