Title: wp_update_nav_menu_item
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: August 20, 2026

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# do_action( ‘wp_update_nav_menu_item’, int $menu_id, int $menu_item_db_id, array $args )

## In this article

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

Fires after a navigation menu item has been updated.

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

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

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

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

 `$menu_id`int

ID of the updated menu.

`$menu_item_db_id`int

ID of the updated menu item.

`$args`array

An array of arguments used to update a menu item.

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

    ```php
    do_action( 'wp_update_nav_menu_item', $menu_id, $menu_item_db_id, $args );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/nav-menu.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/nav-menu.php#L628)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.1/src/wp-includes/nav-menu.php#L628-L628)

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

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

Saves the properties of a menu item or create a new one.

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

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

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