How to Get Menu Items In WordPress?

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1. You can try this

   $menu_name = 'sidebar-menu'; //menu slug
   $locations = get_nav_menu_locations();
   $menu = wp_get_nav_menu_object( $locations[ $menu_name ] );
   $menuitems = wp_get_nav_menu_items( $menu->term_id, array( 'order' => 'DESC' ) );
   
   echo "<pre>";
   print_r($menuitems);
   echo "</pre>";
   

   You will get your menu Object

   refer : http://wiki.workassis.com/wordpress-get-menu-array/

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2. If you know your menu location id (usually declared in functions.php by “register_nav_menus”) you can use this snippet:

   // GET ALL MENU OBJECTS AT SPECIFIED LOCATION
   function yourprefix_get_menu_items($location_id){
       //$locations = get_registered_nav_menus();
       $menus = wp_get_nav_menus();
       $menu_locations = get_nav_menu_locations();
   
       if (isset($menu_locations[ $location_id ]) && $menu_locations[ $location_id ]!=0) {
           foreach ($menus as $menu) {
               if ($menu->term_id == $menu_locations[ $location_id ]) {
                   $menu_items = wp_get_nav_menu_items($menu);
                   break;
               }
           }
           return $menu_items;
       }
   }
   

   Or more short version from codex:

   function yourprefix_get_menu_items($menu_name){
       if ( ( $locations = get_nav_menu_locations() ) && isset( $locations[ $menu_name ] ) ) {
           $menu = wp_get_nav_menu_object( $locations[ $menu_name ] );
           return wp_get_nav_menu_items($menu->term_id);
       }
   }
   

   Then do everything you want with this array like so:

   $menu_items = yourprefix_get_menu_items('sidebar-menu'); // replace sidebar-menu by desired location
   
   if(isset($menu_items)){
           foreach ( (array) $menu_items as $key => $menu_item ) {
               ...some code...
           }
   }
   

   And here is link about all nav_menu data which you can select directly from database by mysql request:
   http://lasota.community.uaf.edu/2011/07/29/nav-menu-data-location-in-wordpress-3-2/

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3. <?php 
   $menu = 'menu-name/menu-id';
   $args = array(
           'order'                  => 'ASC',
           'orderby'                => 'menu_order',
           'post_type'              => 'nav_menu_item',
           'post_status'            => 'publish',
           'output'                 => ARRAY_A,
           'output_key'             => 'menu_order',
           'nopaging'               => true,
           'update_post_term_cache' => false );
   $items = wp_get_nav_menu_items( $menu, $args ); 
   ?> 
   

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4. You could do this:

   add_action('wp_nav_menu_menuname_items', 'user_nav_menu_items');
   function user_nav_menu_items( $items ) {
       /* do something with $items (string) */
       return $items;
   }
   

   If you want it as an array, just explode it and implode it after you are done:

   add_action('wp_nav_menu_menuname_items', 'user_nav_menu_items');
   function user_nav_menu_items( $items ) {
       $items_r = explode("<li", $items);
       /* do something with $items_r (array) */
       $items_new = implode("<li", $items_r);
       return $items_new;
   }
   

   In both cases, you would to replace menuname in the add_action hook for the name of the menu you are trying to get the items of.

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5. Use get_registered_nav_menus() function

   <?php
   
   $menus = get_registered_nav_menus();
   
   foreach ( $menus as $location => $description ) {
   
       echo $location . ': ' . $description . '<br />';
   }
   

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