Title: Custom Menu Item Attributes
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Custom Menu Item Attributes

 *  [dronester](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dronester/)
 * (@dronester)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-menu-item-attributes/)
 * Hi,
    I need some help on creating a custom link to a dynamically changing url
   based off the user id. What I am trying to do is create a menu item called “Profile”
   that links to the Author page. Because it is different for every user, it will
   be a dynamically changing url. I know the way to link to the author page through
   php and html using this: `<a href="<?php the_author_posts_link(); ?>"</a>`
 * 
 * Any help would be appreciated.
    Thanks

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [10 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-menu-item-attributes/#post-7476619)
 * If your theme uses `wp_nav_menu()` to output the nav menu, then you can use the‘
   wp_nav_menu’ filter to alter the menu HTML. Your callback is passed the actual
   HTML for the menu and an object of menu arguments.
 * If your site has more than one nav menu, check the arguments object to ensure
   you are modifying the correct menu. Also examine the current menu HTML to see
   how the current items are organized so you can replicate the same structure, 
   otherwise your added element will not be styled like the rest of the menu.
 * You can use `str_replace()` to insert your item by replacing the final `</ul>`
   with your item’s HTML (including `<li>, </li>` and any classes) with a new `</
   ul>` concatenated to the end.

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