wp_get_nav_menus() │ WP 3.0.0

Gets an array (of objects) of all menus from the database.

This is a wrapper for the function get_terms(), which retrieves term data for the taxonomy nav_menu.

Uses: get_terms()
Hooks from the function

Returns

WP_Term[]. An array that contains objects with data about each menu.

Usage

wp_get_nav_menus( $args );
$args(array)

Array of arguments by which the menus will be retrieved. For the arguments that can be passed, see the function get_terms().

Default parameter value when nothing is set in this parameter:

array(
	'taxonomy'   => 'nav_menu',
	'hide_empty' => false,
	'orderby'    => 'name'
);

Default: array()

Examples

0

#1 Output Demo 

$menus = wp_get_nav_menus( $args );
print_r( $menus );

/*
He will:

Array
(
	[0] => stdClass Object
		(
			[term_id] => 3
			[name] => menu 1
			[slug] => menu-1
			[term_group] => 0
			[term_taxonomy_id] => 3
			[taxonomy] => nav_menu
			[description] => 
			[parent] => 0
			[count] => 1
		)

	[1] => stdClass Object
		(
			[term_id] => 4
			[name] => Menu 2
			[slug] => menu-2
			[term_group] => 0
			[term_taxonomy_id] => 4
			[taxonomy] => nav_menu
			[description] => 
			[parent] => 0
			[count] => 2
		)
)
*/

Changelog

Since 3.0.0 Introduced.
Since 4.1.0 Default value of the 'orderby' argument was changed from 'none' to 'name'.

wp_get_nav_menus() code WP 6.9.1

wp-includes/nav-menu.php 
function wp_get_nav_menus( $args = array() ) {
	$defaults = array(
		'taxonomy'   => 'nav_menu',
		'hide_empty' => false,
		'orderby'    => 'name',
	);
	$args     = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );

	/**
	 * Filters the navigation menu objects being returned.
	 *
	 * @since 3.0.0
	 *
	 * @see get_terms()
	 *
	 * @param WP_Term[] $menus An array of menu objects.
	 * @param array     $args  An array of arguments used to retrieve menu objects.
	 */
	return apply_filters( 'wp_get_nav_menus', get_terms( $args ), $args );
}

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