Title: Adding a unique class to wp_nav_menu
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Adding a unique class to wp_nav_menu

 *  [dcd018](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dcd018/)
 * (@dcd018)
 * [13 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/adding-a-unique-class-to-wp_nav_menu/)
 * How would I go about adding a unique class to the direct child li elements of
   the main parent ul element generated with wp_nav_menu?
 *     ```
       <nav id="access" role="navigation">
         <div class="menu-main-container">
           <ul id="menu-main" class="menu">
             <li id="menu-item-30" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-30"><a href="http://www.site/page1-2/">Page1</a>
               <ul class="sub-menu">
                 <li id="menu-item-50" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-50"><a href="http://www.site/sub-page1-1/">Sub-Page1-1</a></li>
                 <li id="menu-item-49" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-49"><a href="http://www.site/sub-page1-2/">Sub-Page1-2</a></li>
               </ul>
             </li>
           </ul>
         </div>
       </nav>
       ```
   
 * I’d like to add the class ‘menu_element’ to ‘li id=”menu-item-30″‘ and every 
   child li of the parent ul after. Is this possible?
 * Thanks in advance!
 * _[ Please do not bump, it’s [not permitted here](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#No_Bumping).]_

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