wp_nav_menu before doesnt work

Resolved avihai1
(@avihai1)

15 years, 6 months ago
hey, i tried to add an img before the link in the menu with “before” attribute but for some reason it doesnt add it (link_before works, but its in the <a> tag).

anyway, here is the code:
```
<?php wp_nav_menu(
	array(
	'container_class' => 'navi',
	'menu_class' => 'navi',
	'before' => '<img src="style/images/tree.png" alt="sds" />',
	'theme_location' => 'primary'
	)
);
?>
```

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esmi
(@esmi)

15 years, 6 months ago

My guess is that the before parameter is passed through a strip_tags function. So it can only be used for plain text – not markup.
Thread Starter avihai1
(@avihai1)

15 years, 6 months ago
I already tried adding a plain text but it doesnt work either.
maybe something with functions.php?
```
register_nav_menus( array(
		'primary' => __( 'Main Navigation', 'shita' ),
	) );
```
Digital Raindrops
(@adeptris)

15 years, 6 months ago
Try, ‘link_before’ and ‘link_after’
```
<?php wp_nav_menu(
	array(
	'container_class' => 'navi',
	'menu_class' => 'navi',
	'link_before' => '<img src="style/images/tree.png" alt="sds" />',
	'theme_location' => 'primary'
	)
);
?>
```
Another could be to style the title in the style.css, and add the element in the menu call:
'title_li' => '<div class="title-left"></div><div class="title-right"></div>',

Just read your post again and seen you already tried ‘link_before’, eyes are just quicker than the brain!

HTH

David
Thread Starter avihai1
(@avihai1)

15 years, 6 months ago

well, i decided to use the link_before.
thanks a lot for your help!

jguffey95
(@jguffey95)

15 years, 6 months ago

This issue shouldn’t be closed. Both the before and after attributes seem to be broken for wp_nav_menu. Please either fix the attributes or change the documentation since it’s confusing to users not familiar with WP3.

Thanks!

geza54
(@geza54)

15 years, 6 months ago

The same here. Before / After does not work with wp_nav_menu.