wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-menus-controller.php:491Updates the menu's locations from a REST request.
$requestWP_REST_Requesttrue|WP_Error protected function handle_locations( $menu_id, $request ) { if ( ! isset( $request['locations'] ) ) { return true; } $menu_locations = get_registered_nav_menus(); $menu_locations = array_keys( $menu_locations ); $new_locations = array(); foreach ( $request['locations'] as $location ) { if ( ! in_array( $location, $menu_locations, true ) ) { return new WP_Error( 'rest_invalid_menu_location', __( 'Invalid menu location.' ), array( 'status' => 400, 'location' => $location, ) ); } $new_locations[ $location ] = $menu_id; } $assigned_menu = get_nav_menu_locations(); foreach ( $assigned_menu as $location => $term_id ) { if ( $term_id === $menu_id ) { unset( $assigned_menu[ $location ] ); } } $new_assignments = array_merge( $assigned_menu, $new_locations ); set_theme_mod( 'nav_menu_locations', $new_assignments ); return true; }Introduced in 5.9.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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