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How to Customize Navigation Menu in WordPress with wp_nav_menu

Snippets by IsItWP

Want to customize your navigation menu in WordPress by adding a custom class to wp_nav_menu? It’s easy with our code snippet. In this article, we’ll show you how to add a custom class to wp_nav_menu.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:

function custom_nav_class($classes, $item){
     $classes[] = “custom-class”;
     return $classes;
}
add_filter(‘nav_menu_css_class’ , ‘custom_nav_class’ , 10 , 2);

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly copy / paste code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

If you liked this code snippet, please consider checking out our other articles on the site like: 62 best free WordPress blog themes or 7 best WordPress contact form plugins.

Comments   Leave a Reply

  1. Wordpress Themes August 20, 2012 at 12:24 pm

    Cool snippet.
    Thanks for the tip.

  2. Anton Samper Rivaya July 16, 2011 at 5:10 am

    hey kevin,  i’m looking into automatically adding children to parent pages on the wp menu. do you know if there is a quick snippet we can add to functions.php to make this happen?

    1. Hmmm I would have to think about that a bit, nothing that I can think of of the top of my head. Ill put that on my list of snippets to write for wpsnipp. If I find something ill be sure to send you a message. 

      1. Anton Samper Rivaya July 16, 2011 at 11:53 pm

        thanks kevin, let m know if you come up with anything

        1. No problem will do.

        2. No problem will do.

  3. Hi. How to create a “mega menu”? This have a specific filter, but I dont know make it. Thanks.

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