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Boris Kamp
Boris Kamp
16,660 Points
Posted by Boris Kamp
Boris Kamp
16,660 Points

edit wp_nav_menu output

Hi guys!

I want to edit the output of my menu. I've set it up this way:

$args = array(
              'menu'        => 'header-menu',
              'menu_class'  => 'nav navbar-nav',
              'container'   => 'false',
              //'link_before' => '<i class="fa fa-home"></i>',
);
wp_nav_menu( $args );

note the commented out link before, I want that to only to display in the first <li> now I read somewhere I can edit the first <li> class by doing so:

// add home i to first list item in menu
    function first_li_menu_before($items) {
        $items[1]->classes[] = 'first';
        return $items;
    }
    add_filter('wp_nav_menu_objects', 'first_li_menu_before');

Now I thought I could use $items[1]->link_before[] = '<i class="fa fa-home"></i>'; to prepend the glyphicon, but it does not work. I have found no way to debug $items so I dont know how the object is constructed so I can target it right. any ideas?

Thanks!