I want to have two <span>
tags inside a WordPress menu as shown in the code below:
<ul>
<li><a href="#!"><span>Home</span><span>Home</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#!"><span>About</span><span>About</span></a></li>
<li><a href="#!"><span>Contact</span><span>Contact</span></a></li>
</ul>
First, you can use Walker. Create new Class and you need a function called start_el (you can find it inside a wp-includes/class-walker-nav-menu.php). Most simple way just to copy it all. You need to change $item_output
class Your_Walker extends Walker_Nav_Menu {
public function start_el( &$output, $item, $depth = 0, $args = null, $id = 0 ) {
// Code here
$item_output = $args->before;
$item_output .= '<a' . $attributes . '>';
$item_output .= $args->link_before . $title . $args->link_after;
$item_output .= '</a>';
$item_output .= $args->after;
}
}
You can mention anchor tag and inside it $title (links title). You can just wrap $title into span and double it, like that:
class Your_Walker extends Walker_Nav_Menu {
public function start_el( &$output, $item, $depth = 0, $args = null, $id = 0 ) {
// Code here
$item_output = $args->before;
$item_output .= '<a' . $attributes . '>';
$item_output .= $args->link_before . '<span>' . $title . '</span>' . $args->link_after;
$item_output .= $args->link_before . '<span>' . $title . '</span>' . $args->link_after;
$item_output .= '</a>';
$item_output .= $args->after;
}
}
Notice $args->link_before/after can be used via calling wp_nav_menu and there is no need to add extra span (I'll explain it bellow).
Second way: a little bit tricky but simplier and it will work. Call wp_nav_menu like this:
wp_nav_menu(array(
'theme_location' => 'your_location',
'link_before' => '<span>', // This will wrap your title
'link_after' => '</span>',
));
And in your functions.php
function add_double_span_to_menu( $item_output, $item, $depth, $args ){
// replace closing '</a>' with '<span>Links Title</span></a>'
$replace = $args->link_before . $item->title . $args->link_after . '</a>';
$item_output = str_replace('</a>', $replace, $item_output);
return $item_output;
}
add_filter('walker_nav_menu_start_el', 'add_double_span_to_menu', 10, 4);