handbook/commands/menu/item/get.md

wp menu item get

Gets details about a menu item.

OPTIONS

See the argument syntax reference for a detailed explanation of the syntax conventions used.

<db-id>

Database ID for the menu item.

[--field=<field>]

Instead of returning the whole menu item, returns the value of a single field.

[--fields=<fields>]

Limit the output to specific fields. Defaults to db_id, type, title, link, position.

[--format=<format>]

Render output in a particular format. --- default: table options:

• table
• csv
• json
• yaml ---

AVAILABLE FIELDS

These fields are available:

• db_id
• type
• title
• link
• position
• menu_item_parent
• object_id
• object
• type_label
• target
• attr_title
• description
• classes
• xfn

EXAMPLES

# Get details about a menu item with ID 45
$ wp menu item get 45
+-------------+----------------------------------+
| Field       | Value                            |
+-------------+----------------------------------+
| db_id       | 45                               |
| type        | custom                           |
| title       | WordPress                        |
| link        | https://wordpress.org            |
| position    | 1                                |
+-------------+----------------------------------+

# Get a specific field from a menu item
$ wp menu item get 45 --field=title
WordPress

# Get menu item data in JSON format
$ wp menu item get 45 --format=json
{"db_id":45,"type":"custom","title":"WordPress","link":"https://wordpress.org","position":1}

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress.

Argument	Description
--path=<path>	Path to the WordPress files.
--url=<url>	Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified.
--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host|container>[:<port>][<path>]	Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of "docker", "docker-compose", "docker-compose-run", "vagrant").
--ssh-args=<args>	Pass additional arguments to SSH (or other tools specified by --ssh scheme).
--http=<http>	Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP.
--user=<id|login|email>	Set the WordPress user.
--skip-plugins[=<plugins>]	Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded.
--skip-themes[=<themes>]	Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes.
--skip-packages	Skip loading all installed packages.
--require=<path>	Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once).
--exec=<php-code>	Execute PHP code before running the command (may be used more than once).
--context=<context>	Load WordPress in a given context.
--[no-]color	Whether to colorize the output.
--debug[=<group>]	Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help.
--prompt[=<assoc>]	Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values.
--quiet	Suppress informational messages.
--alias=<name>	Name of the alias to use. Aliases can reference local WordPress installations or remote SSH connections. Aliases are defined in the wp-cli.yml file.
--assume-https	Set $_SERVER['HTTPS'] to make WordPress treat the site as HTTPS. Use when WordPress is behind an HTTPS proxy or load balancer.