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WordPress

Natasha McDiarmid
Natasha McDiarmid
11,400 Points
Posted by Natasha McDiarmid
Natasha McDiarmid
11,400 Points

Displaying WordPress Nav Menu Descriptions

I have my sidebar nav displaying the menu items, but it's not showing the descriptions I have set in the admin area.

<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'sidebar_students_menu' ) ); ?>

How can I achieve this?

This is what I've tried:

<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'sidebar_students_menu', 'walker' => $walker ) ); ?>

And I added this to my functions:

class Menu_With_Description extends Walker_Nav_Menu {
    function start_el(&$output, $item, $depth, $args) {
        global $wp_query;
        $indent = ( $depth ) ? str_repeat( "\t", $depth ) : '';

        $class_names = $value = '';

        $classes = empty( $item->classes ) ? array() : (array) $item->classes;

        $class_names = join( ' ', apply_filters( 'nav_menu_css_class', array_filter( $classes ), $item ) );
        $class_names = ' class="' . esc_attr( $class_names ) . '"';

        $output .= $indent . '<li id="menu-item-'. $item->ID . '"' . $value . $class_names .'>';

        $attributes = ! empty( $item->attr_title ) ? ' title="' . esc_attr( $item->attr_title ) .'"' : '';
        $attributes .= ! empty( $item->target ) ? ' target="' . esc_attr( $item->target ) .'"' : '';
        $attributes .= ! empty( $item->xfn ) ? ' rel="' . esc_attr( $item->xfn ) .'"' : '';
        $attributes .= ! empty( $item->url ) ? ' href="' . esc_attr( $item->url ) .'"' : '';

        $item_output = $args->before;
        $item_output .= '<a'. $attributes .'>';
        $item_output .= $args->link_before . apply_filters( 'the_title', $item->title, $item->ID ) . $args->link_after;
        $item_output .= '<br /><span class="sub">' . $item->description . '</span>';
        $item_output .= '</a>';
        $item_output .= $args->after;

        $output .= apply_filters( 'walker_nav_menu_start_el', $item_output, $item, $depth, $args );
    }
}

With zero success

ivomiranda
ivomiranda
30,286 Points

What description in admin are you talking about?