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// Front end only, don't hack on the settings page
if ( ! is_admin() ) {
// Hook in early to modify the menu
// This is before the CSS "selected" classes are calculated
add_filter( 'wp_get_nav_menu_items', 'display_lasts_ten_posts_for_categories_menu_item', 10, 3 );
}
// Add the ten last posts of af categroy menu item in a sub menu
function display_lasts_ten_posts_for_categories_menu_item( $items, $menu, $args ) {
$menu_order = count($items); /* Offset menu order */
$child_items = array();
// Loop through the menu items looking category menu object
foreach ( $items as $item ) {
// Test if menu item is a categroy and has no sub-category
if ( 'category' != $item->object || ('category' == $item->object && get_category_children($item->object_id)) )
continue;
// Query the lasts ten category posts
$category_ten_last_posts = array(
'numberposts' => 10,
'cat' => $item->object_id,
'orderby' => 'date',
'order' => 'DESC'
);
foreach ( get_posts( $category_ten_last_posts ) as $post ) {
// Add sub menu item
$post->menu_item_parent = $item->ID;
$post->post_type = 'nav_menu_item';
$post->object = 'custom';
$post->type = 'custom';
$post->menu_order = ++$menu_order;
$post->title = $post->post_title;
$post->url = get_permalink( $post->ID );
/* add children */
$child_items[]= $post;
}
}
return array_merge( $items, $child_items );
}
