[wp-hackers] Auto creating custom menu

[Doug Stewart]

Here's what I do to set up a custom BuddyPress menu when I detect BP
as active. It seems pretty close to what you're doing. Maybe it'll
help.

	$menuname = $lblg_themename . ' BuddyPress Menu';
	$bpmenulocation = 'lblgbpmenu';
	// Does the menu exist already?
	$menu_exists = wp_get_nav_menu_object( $menuname );
	
	// If it doesn't exist, let's create it.
	if( !$menu_exists){
		$menu_id = wp_create_nav_menu($menuname);
		
		// Set up default BuddyPress links and add them to the menu.
		wp_update_nav_menu_item($menu_id, 0, array(
		    'menu-item-title' =>  __('Home'),
		    'menu-item-classes' => 'home',
		    'menu-item-url' => home_url( '/' ),
		    'menu-item-status' => 'publish'));

		wp_update_nav_menu_item($menu_id, 0, array(
		    'menu-item-title' =>  __('Activity'),
		    'menu-item-classes' => 'activity',
		    'menu-item-url' => home_url( '/activity/' ),
		    'menu-item-status' => 'publish'));

		wp_update_nav_menu_item($menu_id, 0, array(
		    'menu-item-title' =>  __('Members'),
		    'menu-item-classes' => 'members',
		    'menu-item-url' => home_url( '/members/' ),
		    'menu-item-status' => 'publish'));

		wp_update_nav_menu_item($menu_id, 0, array(
		    'menu-item-title' =>  __('Groups'),
		    'menu-item-classes' => 'groups',
		    'menu-item-url' => home_url( '/groups/' ),
		    'menu-item-status' => 'publish'));

		wp_update_nav_menu_item($menu_id, 0, array(
		    'menu-item-title' =>  __('Forums'),
		    'menu-item-classes' => 'forums',
		    'menu-item-url' => home_url( '/forums/' ),
		    'menu-item-status' => 'publish'));
		
		// Grab the theme locations and assign our newly-created menu
		// to the BuddyPress menu location.
		if( !has_nav_menu( $bpmenulocation ) ){
			$locations = get_theme_mod('nav_menu_locations');
			$locations[$bpmenulocation] = $menu_id;
			set_theme_mod( 'nav_menu_locations', $locations );
		}
		
	}

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Tom Barrett <tcbarrett at gmail.com> wrote:
> I am building a WordPress 'deployment system'. As part of this, I want: 1)
> install and activate a theme 2) create some pages 3) Add a custom menu with
> those pages. The first two steps are fine, and I can create the custom
> menu. But I cannot get the pages into the menu.
>
> How the automated part works, is that it creates wp-config.php file, and a
> PHP script in wp-admin that installs WordPress (calling wp_install()
> e.t.c). It then calls an action hook that is added in the theme's files.
>
> Something a bit like this:
>
> <?php
> // Script in wp-admin
> require_once( '../wp-load.php' );
> require_once( './includes/upgrade.php' );
> wp_install( ..... );
> do_action( 'setup_wordpress' );
> ?>
>
> <?php
> // Theme functions.php file
> add_action( 'setup_wordpress', 'do_setup_wordpress' );
> function do_setup_wordpress(){
>  $mypages    = make_three_pages_and_return_their_post_id(); // returns
> array( [0]=>3, [1]=>4, [2]=>5 )
>  $mymenuname = 'My Menu';
>  wp_create_nav_menu( $mymenuname );
>  $menu       = get_term_by( 'name', $mymenuname, 'nav_menu' );
>  $menu_id    = $menu->term_id;
>
>  foreach( $mypages as $page_id ){
>    $args = array(
>      'menu-item-object-id' => $page_id,
>      'menu-item-object'    => 'page',
>      'menu-item-type'      => 'post_type',
>      'menu-item-status'    => 'publish',
>    );
>    $menu_item_id = wp_update_nav_menu_item( $menu_id, 0, $args );
>  }
> }
> ?>
>
> It does everything except put the pages in the menu. The code works if I
> trigger it through browsing the site. EG: add_action( 'admin_init',
> 'do_setup_wordpress' ); (This is how I developed it initially).
>
> The $menu_item_id variable gets a value (usually 6,7,8).
>
> Any ideas what I'm missing or not doing? Am I just being crazy?
>
>
>
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-- 
-Doug