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1. idrivevideo
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   Posted 3 months ago #

   Here is my problem: I want to display the most recent posts in a custom menu. I use the code below and everything works fine. With the placeholder #latestpost in the URL field of the Custom links field option under Appearance->Menus, I can get the latest post URL link displayed in the menu. The problem Is I would like to use as label for that the real post title and not a placeholder. Is that possible? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

   // Front end only, don't hack on the settings page
   if ( ! is_admin() ) {
   // Hook in early to modify the menu
   // This is before the CSS "selected" classes are calculated
   add_filter( 'wp_get_nav_menu_items', 'replace_placeholder_nav_menu_item_with_latest_post', 10, 3 );
   }

   // Replaces a custom URL placeholder with the URL to the latest post
   function replace_placeholder_nav_menu_item_with_latest_post( $items, $menu, $args ) {

   // Loop through the menu items looking for placeholder(s)
   foreach ( $items as $item ) {

   // Is this the placeholder we're looking for?
   if ( '#latestpost' != $item->url )
   continue;

   // Get the latest post
   $latestpost = get_posts( array(
   'numberposts' => 5,
   ) );

   if ( empty( $latestpost ) )
   continue;

   // Replace the placeholder with the real URL
   $item->url = get_permalink( $latestpost[0]->ID );

   }

   // Return the modified (or maybe unmodified) menu items array
   return $items;
   }

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