[wp-hackers] Auto creating custom menu

[Tom Barrett]

Thanks Doug.

The code I am using does work. The problem is that it won't add the pages
to the menu, unless I am logged in. Most likely this is me falling foul of
the 'edit_posts' capability again.

Tom

On 16 November 2011 16:42, Doug Stewart <zamoose at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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