Title: wp_nav_menu
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# apply_filters( ‘wp_nav_menu’, string $nav_menu, stdClass $args )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_nav_menu/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_nav_menu/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_nav_menu/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_nav_menu/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_nav_menu/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_nav_menu/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the HTML content for navigation menus.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_nav_menu/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_nav_menu/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [wp_nav_menu()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_nav_menu/)

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

 `$nav_menu`string

The HTML content for the navigation menu.

`$args`stdClass

An object containing [wp_nav_menu()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_nav_menu/)
arguments.

More Arguments from wp_nav_menu( … $args )

Array of nav menu arguments.

 * `menu` int|string|[WP_Term](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_term/)
 * Desired menu. Accepts a menu ID, slug, name, or object.
 * `menu_class` string
 * CSS class to use for the ul element which forms the menu.
    Default `'menu'`.
 * `menu_id` string
 * The ID that is applied to the ul element which forms the menu.
    Default is the
   menu slug, incremented.
 * `container` string
 * Whether to wrap the ul, and what to wrap it with.
    Default `'div'`.
 * `container_class` string
 * Class that is applied to the container.
    Default ‘menu-{menu slug}-container’.
 * `container_id` string
 * The ID that is applied to the container.
 * `container_aria_label` string
 * The aria-label attribute that is applied to the container when it’s a nav element.
 * `fallback_cb` callable|false
 * If the menu doesn’t exist, a callback function will fire.
    Default is `'wp_page_menu'`.
   Set to false for no fallback.
 * `before` string
 * Text before the link markup.
 * `after` string
 * Text after the link markup.
 * `link_before` string
 * Text before the link text.
 * `link_after` string
 * Text after the link text.
 * `echo` bool
 * Whether to echo the menu or return it. Default true.
 * `depth` int
 * How many levels of the hierarchy are to be included.
    0 means all. Default 0.
   Default 0.
 * `walker` object
 * Instance of a custom walker class.
 * `theme_location` string
 * Theme location to be used. Must be registered with [register_nav_menu()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/register_nav_menu/)
   in order to be selectable by the user.
 * `items_wrap` string
 * How the list items should be wrapped. Uses printf() format with numbered placeholders.
   Default is a ul with an id and class.
 * `item_spacing` string
 * Whether to preserve whitespace within the menu’s HTML.
    Accepts `'preserve'` 
   or `'discard'`. Default `'preserve'`.

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

    ```php
    $nav_menu = apply_filters( 'wp_nav_menu', $nav_menu, $args );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/nav-menu-template.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/nav-menu-template.php#L307)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/nav-menu-template.php#L307-L307)

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

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

Displays a navigation menu.

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

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

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