Span class around menu item titles?

Hi John,

WordPress has this filter - wp_nav_menu_items: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_nav_menu_items/

You can use this filter to alter the menu. So for instance, one very simple way to do it is through something like this:

add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_items', 'prefix_add_div', 15, 2 );
function prefix_add_div( $items, $args ) {
	if( $args->theme_location != 'primary' ) {
        return $items;
    }
	
	$myreplace1 = '</a>';
	$myinsert1 = '<span>MY span</span></a>';
    $items = str_replace( $myreplace1, $myinsert1 , $items );
    
    return $items;
}

Hi Fernando,

Thanks for your help. That solution is close but wasn't quite what I was looking for. You helped me figure it out, however.

Here is the code that accomplished what I wanted:

add_filter( 'walker_nav_menu_start_el', 'gpc_span_to_nav_menu', 10, 4 );
function gpc_span_to_nav_menu( $item_output, $item, $depth, $args ) {

$item_output = 'url .'" title="'. $item->attr_title .'"><span class="menu-title">'.$item->post_title.'</span >';

return $item_output;
}

Glad you got it working and thank you for sharing!