How to use custom HTML in wp_nav_menu in WordPress? - wordpress

Question

My nav-menu template is:
<ul class=" nav navbar-nav">
<li>
<a href="#">
<span data-hover="my-text">item1</span>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
How to use this mark-up in wp-nav-menu in WordPress?
Thanks.

Answer 1

This code isn't a custom class neither is a template. You should declare the style you want inside a <style> tag or in a css file and then link that file to your html.
On css you use selectors to define what elements will have they style changed. Class selectors start with a dot ., for example .navbar-nav.
Extended example:
.navbar-nav{
background-color:black;
text-align: center;
font-size: 16px;
}
Your html code should go directly in the page you want it to be. Unless you're using some template engine that can import an html template, reusing common code that way.

Answer 2

What you're looking for is the Walker_Nav_Menu Class. Edit the HTML as needed.
Also make sure you edit the template which calls the wp_nav_menu function and add the walker parameter to it.
Add this to your functions.php file.
class Custom_Walker_Nav_Menu extends Walker_Nav_Menu {
function start_el( &$output, $item, $depth = 0, $args = array(), $id = 0 ) {
$indent = ( $depth ) ? str_repeat( "\t", $depth ) : '';
$classes = empty( $item->classes ) ? array() : (array) $item->classes;
$classes[] = 'menu-item-' . $item->ID;
$class_names = join( ' ', apply_filters( 'nav_menu_css_class', array_filter( $classes ), $item, $args ) );
$class_names = $class_names ? ' class="' . esc_attr( $class_names ) . '"' : '';
$id = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_item_id', 'menu-item-'. $item->ID, $item, $args );
$id = $id ? ' id="' . esc_attr( $id ) . '"' : '';
$output .= $indent . '<li' . $id . $class_names .'>';
$atts = array();
$atts['title'] = ! empty( $item->attr_title ) ? $item->attr_title : '';
$atts['target'] = ! empty( $item->target ) ? $item->target : '';
$atts['rel'] = ! empty( $item->xfn ) ? $item->xfn : '';
$atts['href'] = ! empty( $item->url ) ? $item->url : '';
$atts = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_link_attributes', $atts, $item, $args );
$attributes = '';
foreach ( $atts as $attr => $value ) {
if ( ! empty( $value ) ) {
$value = ( 'href' === $attr ) ? esc_url( $value ) : esc_attr( $value );
$attributes .= ' ' . $attr . '="' . $value . '"';
}
}
$item_output = $args->before;
$item_output .= '<a'. $attributes .'><span data-hover="my-text">';
/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/post-template.php */
$item_output .= $args->link_before . apply_filters( 'the_title', $item->title, $item->ID ) . $args->link_after;
$item_output .= '</span></a>';
$item_output .= $args->after;
$output .= apply_filters( 'walker_nav_menu_start_el', $item_output, $item, $depth, $args );
}
}
And add 'walker' => new Custom_Walker_Nav_Menu to the wp_nav_menu function that calls your menu.

Answer 3

I edit code's answer of Hareesh Sivasubramanian and get the answer:
class Custom_Walker_Nav_Menu extends Walker_Nav_Menu {
function start_el( &$output, $item, $depth = 0, $args = array(), $id = 0 ) {
$indent = ( $depth ) ? str_repeat( "\t", $depth ) : '';
$classes = empty( $item->classes ) ? array() : (array) $item->classes;
$classes[] = 'menu-item-' . $item->ID;
$class_names = join( ' ', apply_filters( 'nav_menu_css_class', array_filter( $classes ), $item, $args ) );
$class_names = $class_names ? ' class="' . esc_attr( $class_names ) . '"' : '';
$id = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_item_id', 'menu-item-'. $item->ID, $item, $args );
$id = $id ? ' id="' . esc_attr( $id ) . '"' : '';
$output .= $indent . '<li' . $id . $class_names .'>';
$atts = array();
$atts['title'] = ! empty( $item->attr_title ) ? $item->attr_title : '';
$atts['target'] = ! empty( $item->target ) ? $item->target : '';
$atts['rel'] = ! empty( $item->xfn ) ? $item->xfn : '';
$atts['href'] = ! empty( $item->url ) ? $item->url : '';
$atts = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_link_attributes', $atts, $item, $args );
$attributes = '';
foreach ( $atts as $attr => $value ) {
if ( ! empty( $value ) ) {
$value = ( 'href' === $attr ) ? esc_url( $value ) : esc_attr( $value );
$attributes .= ' ' . $attr . '="' . $value . '"';
}
}
$item_output = $args->before;
$item_output .= '<a'. $attributes .'><span data-hover="';
$item_output .= apply_filters('the_title', $item->title, $item->ID );
$item_output .= '">';
/** This filter is documented in wp-includes/post-template.php */
$item_output .= $args->link_before . apply_filters( 'the_title', $item->title, $item->ID ) . $args->link_after;
$item_output .= '</span></a>';
$item_output .= $args->after;
$output .= apply_filters( 'walker_nav_menu_start_el', $item_output, $item, $depth, $args );
}
}