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`wp_add_menu_item`

WordPress tool. Add a link, page, post, or custom URL to a menu

This is a write tool: it adds menu item in your WordPress account. Claude asks you to confirm before it runs.

Ask Claude

You do not call this tool yourself. Ask for the outcome and the client picks the tool:

Add menu item in my WordPress account for [menu id].

It takes 1 required and 13 optional parameters.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`menu_id`	integer	Yes	Menu Id
`type`	string	No	Type
`type_label`	string	No	Type Label
`object_id`	integer	No	Object Id
`object`	string	No	Object
`url`	string	No	Url
`title`	string	No	Title
`parent`	integer	No	Parent
`menu_order`	integer	No	Menu Order
`attr_title`	string	No	Attr Title
`description`	string	No	Description
`classes`	string	No	Classes
`target`	string	No	Target
`xfn`	string	No	Xfn

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Before you can call it

This tool needs a connected WordPress account. The WordPress connect guide covers how to authorize it and what it unlocks, and the quickstart gets a client talking to the server in about five minutes.

Start free — 30 tool calls a month

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