Add additional text to the WordPress menu title attribute

The menu title attribute is the prompt text when the mouse hovers over the menu title. The following code can add additional text and links to the menu title attribute.

Add additional text to the WordPress menu title attribute

Add code to the current topic function template functions.php:

 //Add additional text to the menu title attribute add_filter( 'walker_nav_menu_start_el', 'zm_nav_menu_item', 20, 4 ); function zm_nav_menu_item( $item_output, $item, $depth, $args ) { $extra_title='Additional text'; if (strpos( $item_output, 'title=' ) ) { //If the title attribute has been added, attach $extra_title to the existing menu title attribute. return preg_replace( '/title=\"([^\"]*)\"/', 'title="\1 - '.$ extra_title.' "', $item_output, 1 ); } else { //If the title attribute is not added, add the menu title attribute consisting of the menu title and $extra_title. return str_replace( 'href=', 'title="'.$item->title.' - '. $extra_title.'" href=', $item_output ); } }