Question

So I currently have WordPress with some navigation links along these lines:

Link 1 | Link 2 | Link 3 etc.

Two things, first I’m trying to add a link inbetween Link 2 and Link 3. I am using this code, but it adds the link to the end of the unordered list. Is there a way to specify it’s position?

    add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'your_custom_menu_item', 10, 2 );
function your_custom_menu_item ( $items, $args ) {

        $items .= '<li><a href=#">Test Link</a></li>';
    return $items;
}

Secondly, I would like this new link to have a dynamic URL containing the users ID. I’ve tried looking up information regarding get_currentuserinfo(); with wordpress, but I can’t seem to find a way to include it in the function.

Answer 1

1. You can specify the filter priority with add_filter, try to play with the value 10 until your nav item is in the right position.

2. You need to set a global variable $current_user before calling the function.

Code

global $current_user;
get_currentuserinfo();

echo 'Username: ' . $current_user->user_login . "\n";