php - Is it possible to create custom menus in WordPress with titles without links? -

we building theme on wordpress 3.5.1 , created 2 custom menus - 1 header , 1 footer. in footer titles not linkable, therefore created custom links href "#" , changed href "". result empty links <a>. know it's possible change cursor of these empty links css:

.footer-content #sitemap ul.menu > li.menu-item > {     cursor: text; } 

and found out way remove these empty links javascript , jquery:

$('.footer-content #sitemap ul.menu > li.menu-item > a').each(function() {     // if href empty, remove <a> element.     var href = $(this).attr('href');     var href_length = 0;     if (!(typeof href === 'undefined')) {         var href_length = href.length;     }     if (href_length === 0) {         var contents = $(this).contents();         $(this).replacewith(contents);     } }); 

(the footer menu inside .footer-content #sitemap elements:

<div class="footer-content"> <div id="sitemap" class="not_mobile"> 

)

but possible remove empty <a> elements html without using javascript? function creates footer menu is:

<?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'footer_menu' ) ); ?> 

thanks, uri @ initech.

yes, possible. can use walker. put following class in functions.php file

class themeslug_walker_nav_menu extends walker_nav_menu {      // add main/sub classes li's , links     function start_el( &$output, $item, $depth, $args ) {         global $wp_query;         $indent = ( $depth > 0 ? str_repeat( "\t", $depth ) : '' ); // code indent          // depth dependent classes         $depth_classes = array(             ( $depth == 0 ? 'main-menu-item' : 'sub-menu-item' ),             ( $depth >=2 ? 'sub-sub-menu-item' : '' ),             ( $depth % 2 ? 'menu-item-odd' : 'menu-item-even' ),             'menu-item-depth-' . $depth         );         $depth_class_names = esc_attr( implode( ' ', $depth_classes ) );          // passed classes         $classes = empty( $item->classes ) ? array() : (array) $item->classes;         $class_names = esc_attr( implode( ' ', apply_filters( 'nav_menu_css_class', array_filter( $classes ), $item ) ) );          // build html         $output .= $indent . '<li id="nav-menu-item-'. $item->id . '" class="' . $depth_class_names . ' ' . $class_names . '">';          // link attributes         $attributes  = ! empty( $item->attr_title ) ? ' title="'  . esc_attr( $item->attr_title ) .'"' : '';         $attributes .= ! empty( $item->target )     ? ' target="' . esc_attr( $item->target     ) .'"' : '';         $attributes .= ! empty( $item->xfn )        ? ' rel="'    . esc_attr( $item->xfn        ) .'"' : '';         $attributes .= ! empty( $item->url )        ? ' href="'   . esc_attr( $item->url        ) .'"' : '';         $attributes .= ' class="menu-link ' . ( $depth > 0 ? 'sub-menu-link' : 'main-menu-link' ) . '"';          if($depth == 0) {             $item_output = sprintf( '%1$s%2$s%3$s%4$s%5$s',                 $args->before,                 $args->link_before,                 apply_filters( 'the_title', $item->title, $item->id ),                 $args->link_after,                 $args->after             );         } else {             $item_output = sprintf( '%1$s<a%2$s>%3$s%4$s%5$s</a>%6$s',                 $args->before,                 $attributes,                 $args->link_before,                 apply_filters( 'the_title', $item->title, $item->id ),                 $args->link_after,                 $args->after             );         }         // build html         $output .= apply_filters( 'walker_nav_menu_start_el', $item_output, $item, $depth, $args );     } } 

and add walker in wp_nav_menu function <?php wp_nav_menu( array( 'theme_location' => 'footer_menu', 'walker' => new themeslug_walker_nav_menu ) ); ?>

this remove anchor tag <a> each menu item.