• Remove UI And LI Elements From wp_nav_menu

    Nov 17th 22 byAdmin inWordPress
    You can remove or change the <ul> container and <li> that you get by default with wp_nav_menu (codex) through parameters, but you can’t remove the <ul>  and <li> elements that wrap each menu item. This is how you can actually remove them: 
    
<?php
$menuParameters = array(
'theme_location' => 'footer', // Change Menu name
'container' => false,
'echo' => false,
'items_wrap' => '%3$s',
'depth' => 0,
);

echo strip_tags(wp_nav_menu( $menuParameters ), '' );
?>

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    3 comments

    MH
    Mahmud Hossain
    July 16, 2026

    Well written. Bookmarked this for my team's reference. Looking forward to more content like this.

    SB
    Sumaiya Begum
    July 15, 2026

    Does this approach also work for larger datasets? Our team is dealing with something similar at scale.

    RK
    Rafiq Khan
    July 14, 2026

    Really insightful article! This is one of the clearest explanations I've come across. The examples make it very easy to understand.

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    AdminAdminJuly 14, 2026

    Thank you Rafiq! Glad it was helpful.