Basically, I am trying to place a blank placeholder on Navigation Menu. So that when the user logs in it will display the user name otherwise it will stay blank. I added this function to do so -
function give_profile_name(){
$user=wp_get_current_user();
if(!is_user_logged_in()){
$name = " ";
} else {
$name=$user->user_firstname;
}
return $name;
}
Basically, I first named the menu item as #user_name# and used the filter -
add_shortcode('user_name', 'give_profile_name');
add_filter( 'wp_nav_menu_objects', 'my_dynamic_menu_items' );
function my_dynamic_menu_items( $menu_items ) {
foreach ( $menu_items as $menu_item ) {
if ( '#user_name#' == $menu_item->title ) {
global $shortcode_tags;
if ( isset( $shortcode_tags['user_name'] ) ) {
// Or do_shortcode(), if you must.
$menu_item->title = call_user_func( $shortcode_tags['user_name'] );
}
}
}
return $menu_items;
}
I tested this with twenty14 theme and it is working as expected. But on this theme I am seeing UNTITLED on the menu bar instead of blank when not logged in. However, on login it is displaying the correct username. Please advice.
