WP Nav Menu - custom wordpress menu HTML structure - php

Question

How to create Wordpress Menu with custom HTML structure using
<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'global-menu' ) ); ?>
Output HTML should look like below:
<nav>
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
Item 4
</nav>
I want item-dynamic-class-x to be dynamically set from Wordpress Menu Editor (CSS Classes input field). If filled, then add class to anchor. If not, then just static item-link class should appear.

Answer 1

Try with below code
wp_nav_menu(
array (
'menu' => 'main-menu',
'container' => '',// or false
'container_id' => FALSE,
'menu_class' => '',
'menu_id' => FALSE,
'items_wrap' => '%3$s',
'depth' => 1,
'walker' => new Description_Walker
)
);
Put below code in your active functions.php
class Description_Walker extends Walker_Nav_Menu
{
/**
* Start the element output.
*
* #param string $output Passed by reference. Used to append additional content.
* #param object $item Menu item data object.
* #param int $depth Depth of menu item. May be used for padding.
* #param array|object $args Additional strings. Actually always an
* #return void
*/
function start_el( &$output, $item, $depth = 0, $args = array(), $id = 0 )
{
$classes = empty ( $item->classes ) ? array () : (array) $item->classes;
$class_names = join(
' '
, apply_filters(
'nav_menu_css_class'
, array_filter( $classes ), $item
)
);
! empty ( $class_names )
and $class_names = ' class="'. esc_attr( $class_names ) . '"';
$attributes = '';
! empty( $item->attr_title )
and $attributes .= ' title="' . esc_attr( $item->attr_title ) .'"';
! empty( $item->target )
and $attributes .= ' target="' . esc_attr( $item->target ) .'"';
! empty( $item->xfn )
and $attributes .= ' rel="' . esc_attr( $item->xfn ) .'"';
! empty( $item->url )
and $attributes .= ' href="' . esc_attr( $item->url ) .'"';
// insert description for top level elements only
// you may change this
$description = ( ! empty ( $item->description ) and 0 == $depth )
? '<small class="nav_desc">' . esc_attr( $item->description ) . '</small>' : '';
$title = apply_filters( 'the_title', $item->title, $item->ID );
$item_output = $args->before
. "<a $attributes>"
. $args->link_before
. $title
. '</a> '
. $args->link_after
. $description
. $args->after;
// Since $output is called by reference we don't need to return anything.
$output .= apply_filters(
'walker_nav_menu_start_el'
, $item_output
, $item
, $depth
, $args
);
}
}