Description
This plugin adds new endpoints for WordPress registered menus.
Usefull when building SPAs with Vuejs, React or any front-end framework.
The new endpoints available:
Get all menus
GET /menus/v1/menus
// Response sample
{
term_id: 2,
name: "Main Menu",
slug: "main-menu",
term_group: 0,
term_taxonomy_id: 2,
taxonomy: "nav_menu",
description: "",
parent: 0,
count: 8,
filter: "raw"
},
...
Get a menus items by id (term_id)
GET /menus/v1/menus/<id>
// Response sample
{
ID: 5,
post_author: "1",
post_date: "2018-07-03 06:42:18",
post_date_gmt: "2018-07-03 06:42:18",
filter: "raw",
db_id:5,
menu_item_parent: "0",
object_id: "5",
object: "custom",
type: "custom",
type_label: "Custom Link",
title: "Home",
url: "https:\/\/wp-rest-menu.local\/",
target: "",
attr_title: "",
description: "",
classes: [
""
],
xfn: "",
meta: null
},
...
Get all menu locations
All menu locations assigned in /wp-admin/nav-menus.php?action=locations
GET /menus/v1/menus/locations
// Response sample
{
slug: "top",
description: "Top Menu"
},
{
slug: "social",
description: "Social Links Menu"
}
...
Get all menu location items
All menu locations assigned in /wp-admin/nav-menus.php?action=locations
GET /menus/v1/menus/locations/<slug>
// Response sample
{
ID: 5,
post_author: "1",
post_date: "2018-07-03 06:42:18",
post_date_gmt: "2018-07-03 06:42:18",
filter: "raw",
db_id:5,
menu_item_parent: "0",
object_id: "5",
object: "custom",
type: "custom",
type_label: "Custom Link",
title: "Home",
url: "https:\/\/wp-rest-menu.local\/",
target: "",
attr_title: "",
description: "",
classes: [
""
],
xfn: "",
meta: null
},
...
There are two filters availiable:
Fields Filter
// it will return only the fields specified
GET /menus/v1/menus/<id>/?fields=ID,title,meta
// Response sample
// Response sample
{
ID: 5,
title: "Home",
meta: null
},
...
Nested Items Filter
// it will return menu items parents and nested children in a 'children' field
// Currently only one level deep is supported
GET /menus/v1/menus/<id>/?nested=1
// Response sample
{
ID: 1716,
menu_item_parent: "0",
object_id: "174",
object: "page",
title: "Level 1",
meta: {
vue_component: "LevelComponent",
menu-item-field-01: "Field 1 value",
menu-item-field-02: "Field 2 value"
},
children:[
{
ID: 1717,
menu_item_parent: "1716",
object_id: "744",
object: "page",
title: "Level 2b",
meta : {
vue_component: null
}
},
...
]
},
...
WP filter hooks
There are two filter hooks availiable
add_filter( 'skap_wp_rest_menu_items', 'my_rest_menu_items', 10, 1 );
function my_rest_menu_items( $menu_items ) {
// do something with $menu_items array
return $menu_items;
}
add_filter( 'skap_wp_rest_menu_item_fields', 'my_rest_menu_item_fields', 10, 1 );
function my_rest_menu_item_fields( $fields ) {
// You can modify the $fields array so
// you can filter the return fields for all endpoints
// without using the url param ?fields
$fields = array( 'ID', 'title' );
return $fields;
}
Supports custom fields and Advanced Custom Fields
All items include a meta field which contains all custom fields.
Installation
There are no requirements other than WordPress and one active menu. Installation is simple:
- Upload the
wp-rest-menus
folder to the/wp-content/plugins/
directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
FAQ
- How do I use this plugin?
-
It creates endpoints for wp nav menus to use in your front end.
- Can I contribute?
-
Yes, you can fork it on github.
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Contributors & Developers
“WP REST Menus” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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