Title: getting specific items from menu wordpress
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# getting specific items from menu wordpress

 *  [bad.chife](https://wordpress.org/support/users/badchife/)
 * (@badchife)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-specific-items-from-menu-wordpress/)
 * In trying to build 2 linked menus, lets say the hierarchy is like this (In the
   menu options)
 *     ```
       - A
            -- B
            -- C
            -- D
              -- D1
              -- D2
       - A1
       ```
   
 * The first menu I want it to be fixed so I fetched it with
     ‘depth’ => 1, .
 * And the second menu has to be change according the first menu (like if I press
   A it will show B and C AND D only
    and when I press B its still has to get open
   as B, C, D (same if I press D1). I think we got the point of how it should work.
   As I tried to build this, I only accoplishe to fetch the menu only when you choice
   from the main menu (Like A or A1). but as you choice deeper in the depth menu
   its showing hi’s childrens. (like if I choice D the sub-menu gets to be D1 and
   D2) and I dont want it, I tried to check in which depth the menu is, or get anything
   that will help me make this sort but I couldn’t find anything.
 * here is some code:
    the function:
 *     ```
       function submenu_get_children_ids( $id, $items ) {
   
               $ids = wp_filter_object_list( $items, array( 'menu_item_parent' => $id ), 'and', 'ID' );
   
               foreach ( $ids as $id ) {
   
                   $ids = array_merge( $ids, submenu_get_children_ids( $id, $items ) );
               }
   
               return $ids;
           }
       ```
   
 * fetching the menu :
 *     ```
       $menu = wp_nav_menu(array(
           	'container' => false,                           // remove nav container
           	'container_class' => 'right_menu',                 // class of container (should you choose to use it)
           	'menu' => __( 'top_main_nav', 'bonestheme' ),  // nav name
           	'menu_class' => 'main_bar_menu '.$lang.'',               // adding custom nav class
           	'theme_location' => 'main-nav',                 // where it's located in the theme
           	'before' => '',                                 // before the menu
           	'after' => '',                                  // after the menu
           	'link_before' => '',                            // before each link
           	'link_after' => '',                             // after each link
           	'depth' => 1,                                   // limit the depth of the nav
           	'fallback_cb' => ''                             // fallback function (if there is one)
           )); 
   
           $current_page = 0;
           // check if the current page has a menu.
   
           foreach(wp_get_nav_menu_items('top_main_nav') as $pagec) {
           	if(get_the_title() == $pagec->title) {
           		$current_page = $pagec->title;
           	}
           }
   
           if($current_page === 0) {
           	$current_page = "Home";
   
           }
   
           $args = array(
           	'container' => false,
           	'container_class' => 'main_bar_menu',
           	'menu'    => 'top_main_nav',
           	'menu_class' => 'main_bar_menu',
           	'submenu' => $current_page,
           );
           wp_nav_menu( $args );
       ```
   
 * I’m trying to find a solution about 2 days now :\ if someone could guide me with
   that i’d be so thankful!
 * thanks alot!

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 *  [janet4now](https://wordpress.org/support/users/janet4now/)
 * (@janet4now)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-specific-items-from-menu-wordpress/#post-5179259)
 * you could create custom menus and a new widget area and have them display on 
   different pages based on dynamic widgets.

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