block_core_navigation_get_most_recently_published_navigation() │ WP 6.1.0

Deprecated since 6.3.0. It is no longer supported and may be removed in future releases. Use WP_Navigation_Fallback::get_most_recently_published_navigation() instead.

Finds the most recently published wp_navigation Post.

No Hooks.

Returns

WP_Post|null. the first non-empty Navigation or null.

Usage

block_core_navigation_get_most_recently_published_navigation();

Changelog

Since 6.1.0 Introduced.
Deprecated since 6.3.0 Use WP_Navigation_Fallback::get_most_recently_published_navigation() instead.

block_core_navigation_get_most_recently_published_navigation() code WP 6.8.3

wp-includes/blocks/navigation.php 
function block_core_navigation_get_most_recently_published_navigation() {

	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '6.3.0', 'WP_Navigation_Fallback::get_most_recently_published_navigation' );

	// Default to the most recently created menu.
	$parsed_args = array(
		'post_type'              => 'wp_navigation',
		'no_found_rows'          => true,
		'update_post_meta_cache' => false,
		'update_post_term_cache' => false,
		'order'                  => 'DESC',
		'orderby'                => 'date',
		'post_status'            => 'publish',
		'posts_per_page'         => 1, // get only the most recent.
	);

	$navigation_post = new WP_Query( $parsed_args );
	if ( count( $navigation_post->posts ) > 0 ) {
		return $navigation_post->posts[0];
	}

	return null;
}