Dynamically populate a submenu with posts code snippet

	<?php
	/**
	* Adds the most recent "Some Category" posts as sub menu items under
	* the "Some Category Parent" parent menu item.
	*
	* @param array $items
	* @param array $menu
	* @param array $args
	* @return array
	*/
	function ja_dynamic_submenu( $items, $menu, $args ) {

	// Only proceed if we are looking at the correct menu and not in the admin
	if ( $menu->slug != 'primary-navigation' \|\| is_admin() )
	return $items;

	// Placeholders
	$new_menu_items = array();
	$menu_id = '';

	// Find the menu item we are looking for, with the title "Some Category Parent"
	foreach ( $items as $item ) {
	if ( 'Some Category Parent' == $item->title )
	$menu_id = $item->ID;
	}

	// Create the query for the posts to list
	$menu_args = array (
	'posts_per_page' => 4,
	'category_name' => 'some-category',
	);
	$menu = new WP_Query( $menu_args ); while( $menu->have_posts() ) : $menu->the_post();
	$new_menu_items[] = array(
	'title' => get_the_title(),
	'url' => get_permalink(),
	);
	endwhile;

	$menu_order = count( $items ) + 1;

	// Add the new menu items
	if ( !empty( $new_menu_items ) && !empty( $menu_id ) ) {
	foreach ( $new_menu_items as $new_menu_item ) {
	$new_item = new stdClass;
	$new_item->menu_item_parent = $menu_id;
	$new_item->url = $new_menu_item['url'];
	$new_item->title = $new_menu_item['title'];
	$new_item->menu_order = $menu_order;
	$items[] = $new_item;
	$menu_order++;
	}
	}

	wp_reset_postdata();
	wp_reset_query();

	return $items;
	}
	add_filter( 'wp_get_nav_menu_items', 'ja_dynamic_submenu', 10, 3 );

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