Add class to every A tag in string

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just started converting a site into wordpress when I ran into an issue. I am stripping the default output Table down to just the A tags, but sadly wordpress does not put any of the styling information on the A tags (class or id)

$menuArgs = array(
     //...Args...
);
echo strip_tags(
    wp_nav_menu( $menuParameters ), '<a>' );?>

Is there any way to add class="MenuLink" to every Echoed A tag easily?? or will I have to use some substr_replace like function ~

If i understood well, i think the easier way is to use a "replace all" in a text editor. in order to add a class to all <a> in your page — Tosx
– Tosx, Commented Dec 29, 2013 at 20:31
so something like echo str_replace ( '<a>' , '<a class="HeaderNavigation-Button">' , Subject ); — Burdock
– Burdock, Commented Dec 29, 2013 at 20:33
If you have a class on every single a element in another element, the CSS should just target parent a. — Jessica
– Jessica, Commented Dec 29, 2013 at 21:22
I was thinking about that... Sadly this is a "wordpress theme" and the clients are not coders... So I was hoping to avoid neededing to change that if they wanted to add more links later — Burdock
– Burdock, Commented Dec 29, 2013 at 21:41

sergio · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-29 20:34:09Z

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I think it is better to use a custom walker to add that class. Look Cleaner output for wp_nav_menu() and Improve your Wordpress Navigation Menu Output and T5_Nav_Menu_Walker_Simple — Gist

answered Dec 29, 2013 at 20:34

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Burdock · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-29 20:50:22Z

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I ended up settling for this instead of Cleaner output just due to lower overall code~

           <?php 
                $menuParameters = array(
                    'theme_location' => 'Header Menu (Part1)',
                    'container'       => false,
                    'echo'            => false,
                    'items_wrap'      => '%3$s',
                    'depth'           => 0,
                ); 

            echo str_replace (
                '<a' , '<a class="HeaderNavigation-Button" ' , 
                strip_tags(
                    wp_nav_menu( $menuParameters ),
                '<a>' ) ); 
            ?>

If anyone has a cleaner way, please let me know

answered Dec 29, 2013 at 20:50

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