Title: wp_nav_menu reverse order
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# wp_nav_menu reverse order

 *  [Phil Johnston](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnstonphilip/)
 * (@johnstonphilip)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_nav_menu-reverse-order/)
 * I want to reverse the order of the items when I do a call to wo_nav_menu
 * The reason being, my design has the navigation elements right-aligned so they
   are showing up backwards. I need to reverse them again so they show up in the
   right order. Is there a way to do this?

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 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_nav_menu-reverse-order/#post-1730953)
 * I have used the code below as a filter for wp_page_menu(). It may work for wp_nav_menu()
   as well:
 *     ```
       <?php
       function mam_reverse_page_menu ($items) {
         // Reverse the items in a page menu if the $mam_global_reverse_sw is true.
         global $mam_global_reverse_sw;
         if (!$mam_global_reverse_sw) return $items;
         $parts = preg_split('/(<ul.*?>|<li.*?<\/a>|<\/li>|<\/ul>)/',$items,null,PREG_SPLIT_DELIM_CAPTURE);
         $li_items = array();
         $in_prefix = 1;
         foreach ($parts as $part) {
           if (preg_match('/^<ul/',$part)) {
             if ($in_prefix) {
               $prefix .= $part;
               $in_prefix = 0;
             }
             ++$depth;
           }
           if (preg_match('/^<\/ul/',$part)) --$depth;
           if (preg_match('/^<li/',$part) && $depth == 1) $in_li = 1;
           if (preg_match('/^<\/li/',$part) && $depth == 1) {
             $li_item .= $part;
             $li_items[] = $li_item;
             $li_item = '';
             $in_li = 0;
           }
           if ($in_prefix) {
             $prefix .= $part;
           } elseif ($depth == 0) {
             $suffix .= $part;
           }
           if ($in_li) $li_item .= $part;
         }
         $newitems = $prefix . implode(array_reverse($li_items),'') . $suffix;
         return $newitems;
         }
       add_filter('wp_page_menu','mam_reverse_page_menu');
       ?>
       ```
   
 * Here is the code to turn on the filter:
 *     ```
       $mam_global_reverse_sw = 1;
       wp_page_menu('echo=1');
       $mam_global_reverse_sw = 0;
       ```
   
 * Turn it off right after the call to prevent reversing other menus.
    `
 *  [Travis Ballard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ansimation/)
 * (@ansimation)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_nav_menu-reverse-order/#post-1731049)
 * if you haven’t figured this out yet you can use this to do it
    `add_filter( '
   wp_nav_menu_objects', create_function( '$menu', 'return array_reverse( $menu );'));`

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Travis Ballard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ansimation/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_nav_menu-reverse-order/#post-1731049)
 * Status: not resolved

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