How to use nav_menu_items_post_type_name_recent filter in WordPress

nav_menu_items_post_type_name_recent filter

The dynamic portion of the hook name, $post_type_name, refers to the post type name.

To use nav_menu_items_post_type_name_recent filter, first you have to register it using add_filter. You can write this code into functions.php of your activated theme or in a custom WordPress Plugin.

At WePlugins, we always prefer to create a custom WordPress Plugin while using hooks so nothing breaks when you update your WordPress Theme in the future.

In the below live example, we have defined a function weplugins_modify_nav_menu_items_post_type_name_recent_defaults which takes 4 parameters and we registered using add_filter. The first parameter nav_menu_items_post_type_name_recent is the name of the hook, the second parameter weplugins_modify_nav_menu_items_post_type_name_recent_defaults is the name of the function which needs to be called, the third parameter is the priority of calling the hook if the same hook is used multiple times and the last parameter is the number of arguments (if any) to be passed in the registered function.

Sometimes, you have to remove a registered hook so you can use remove_filter to remove nav_menu_items_post_type_name_recent filter.

Parameters

Below are the 4 parameters required to use this hook.

• $most_recent : (WP_Post[]) An array of post objects being listed.
• $args : (array) An array of WP_Query arguments for the meta box.
• $box : (array) Arguments passed to wp_nav_menu_item_post_type_meta_box().
• $recent_args : (array) An array of WP_Query arguments for ‘Most Recent’ tab.

Live Example 1: Basic Usage

Below is an example of how you can use this hook.

  function weplugins_modify_nav_menu_items_post_type_name_recent_defaults($most_recent, $args, $box, $recent_args) { 
      // Update the $most_recent variable according to your website requirements and return this variable. You can modify the $most_recent variable conditionally too if you want.
      return $most_recent; 
  }
  // add the filter
  add_filter("nav_menu_items_post_type_name_recent", "weplugins_modify_nav_menu_items_post_type_name_recent_defaults", 10, 4);
  

Live Example 2: Conditional Modification

In this example, we conditionally modify the $most_recent variable.

  function weplugins_modify_nav_menu_items_post_type_name_recent_defaults($most_recent, $args, $box, $recent_args) { 
      if ($args['post_type'] == 'my_custom_post_type') {
          // Modify $most_recent only for a specific custom post type
          $most_recent = array_filter($most_recent, function($post) {
              return $post->post_status == 'publish';
          });
      }
      return $most_recent; 
  }
  // add the filter
  add_filter("nav_menu_items_post_type_name_recent", "weplugins_modify_nav_menu_items_post_type_name_recent_defaults", 10, 4);
  

Live Example 3: Removing the Hook

To remove a hook callback, use the example below.

  remove_filter("nav_menu_items_post_type_name_recent", "weplugins_modify_nav_menu_items_post_type_name_recent_defaults", 10, 4);
  

Please make sure to provide the same callback function name, priority, and number of arguments while removing the hook callback.