Walker for wp_nav_menu showing descriptions
The class Description_Walker extends Walker_Nav_Menu and changes the function start_el to look for $item->description.
/** * Snippet Name: Walker for wp_nav_menu showing descriptions * Snippet URL: https://wpcustoms.net/snippets/wp_nav_menu-showing-descriptions/ */ class Description_Walker extends Walker_Nav_Menu { /** * Start the element output. * * @param string $output Passed by reference. Used to append additional content. * @param object $item Menu item data object. * @param int $depth Depth of menu item. May be used for padding. * @param array $args Additional strings. * @return void */ function start_el( &$output, $item, $depth = 0, $args = array(), $id = 0 ) { $classes = empty ( $item->classes ) ? array () : (array) $item->classes; $class_names = join( ' ' , apply_filters( 'nav_menu_css_class' , array_filter( $classes ), $item ) ); ! empty ( $class_names ) and $class_names = ' class="'. esc_attr( $class_names ) . '"'; $output .= "