これが答えかどうかはわかりませんが、議論のポイントです。
WPメニューを作成するために高度なカスタムフィールドを検討したことがある人はいますか?これを数回行いました。これにより、カスタムメニュー項目属性とともにカスタム構造を構築し、デフォルトのWPメニューで必要な複雑なウォーカーなしでメニューのHTMLを構築できます。

ACF
if( function_exists('acf_add_local_field_group') ):
acf_add_local_field_group(array (
    'key' => 'group_56532ec144a4b',
    'title' => 'Menu',
    'fields' => array (
        array (
            'key' => 'field_5653338918f43',
            'label' => 'Menus',
            'name' => 'menus',
            'type' => 'flexible_content',
            'instructions' => '',
            'required' => 0,
            'conditional_logic' => 0,
            'wrapper' => array (
                'width' => '',
                'class' => '',
                'id' => '',
            ),
            'button_label' => 'Add Menu',
            'min' => '',
            'max' => '',
            'layouts' => array (
                array (
                    'key' => '56533396b10bc',
                    'name' => 'menu',
                    'label' => 'Menu',
                    'display' => 'block',
                    'sub_fields' => array (
                        array (
                            'key' => 'field_56533fc6f25e7',
                            'label' => 'Menu Name',
                            'name' => 'menu__name',
                            'type' => 'text',
                            'instructions' => '',
                            'required' => 0,
                            'conditional_logic' => 0,
                            'wrapper' => array (
                                'width' => '',
                                'class' => '',
                                'id' => '',
                            ),
                            'default_value' => '',
                            'placeholder' => '',
                            'prepend' => '',
                            'append' => '',
                            'maxlength' => '',
                            'readonly' => 0,
                            'disabled' => 0,
                        ),
                        array (
                            'key' => 'field_56532ec718f40',
                            'label' => 'Menu Items',
                            'name' => 'menu__items',
                            'type' => 'flexible_content',
                            'instructions' => '',
                            'required' => 0,
                            'conditional_logic' => 0,
                            'wrapper' => array (
                                'width' => '',
                                'class' => '',
                                'id' => '',
                            ),
                            'button_label' => 'Add Menu Item',
                            'min' => '',
                            'max' => '',
                            'layouts' => array (
                                array (
                                    'key' => '56532eee6ef81',
                                    'name' => 'menuItem',
                                    'label' => 'Menu Item',
                                    'display' => 'block',
                                    'sub_fields' => array (
                                        array (
                                            'key' => 'field_56532f0418f41',
                                            'label' => 'Label',
                                            'name' => 'menuITem__label',
                                            'type' => 'text',
                                            'instructions' => '',
                                            'required' => 0,
                                            'conditional_logic' => 0,
                                            'wrapper' => array (
                                                'width' => 50,
                                                'class' => '',
                                                'id' => '',
                                            ),
                                            'default_value' => '',
                                            'placeholder' => '',
                                            'prepend' => '',
                                            'append' => '',
                                            'maxlength' => '',
                                            'readonly' => 0,
                                            'disabled' => 0,
                                        ),
                                        array (
                                            'key' => 'field_565333d218f45',
                                            'label' => 'Class',
                                            'name' => 'menuItem__class',
                                            'type' => 'text',
                                            'instructions' => '',
                                            'required' => 0,
                                            'conditional_logic' => 0,
                                            'wrapper' => array (
                                                'width' => 50,
                                                'class' => '',
                                                'id' => '',
                                            ),
                                            'default_value' => '',
                                            'placeholder' => '',
                                            'prepend' => '',
                                            'append' => '',
                                            'maxlength' => '',
                                            'readonly' => 0,
                                            'disabled' => 0,
                                        ),
                                        array (
                                            'key' => 'field_565342ef11b29',
                                            'label' => 'Link Type',
                                            'name' => 'menuItem__type',
                                            'type' => 'radio',
                                            'instructions' => '',
                                            'required' => 0,
                                            'conditional_logic' => 0,
                                            'wrapper' => array (
                                                'width' => 25,
                                                'class' => '',
                                                'id' => '',
                                            ),
                                            'choices' => array (
                                                'page' => 'Page',
                                                'cat' => 'Category',
                                                'url' => 'URL',
                                                'cust' => 'Custom',
                                            ),
                                            'other_choice' => 0,
                                            'save_other_choice' => 0,
                                            'default_value' => '',
                                            'layout' => 'vertical',
                                        ),
                                        array (
                                            'key' => 'field_56532f2d18f42',
                                            'label' => 'Page',
                                            'name' => 'menuItem__page',
                                            'type' => 'page_link',
                                            'instructions' => '',
                                            'required' => 0,
                                            'conditional_logic' => array (
                                                array (
                                                    array (
                                                        'field' => 'field_565342ef11b29',
                                                        'operator' => '==',
                                                        'value' => 'page',
                                                    ),
                                                ),
                                            ),
                                            'wrapper' => array (
                                                'width' => 75,
                                                'class' => '',
                                                'id' => '',
                                            ),
                                            'post_type' => array (
                                            ),
                                            'taxonomy' => array (
                                            ),
                                            'allow_null' => 0,
                                            'multiple' => 0,
                                        ),
                                        array (
                                            'key' => 'field_5653434f11b2a',
                                            'label' => 'Category',
                                            'name' => 'menuItem__cat',
                                            'type' => 'taxonomy',
                                            'instructions' => '',
                                            'required' => 0,
                                            'conditional_logic' => array (
                                                array (
                                                    array (
                                                        'field' => 'field_565342ef11b29',
                                                        'operator' => '==',
                                                        'value' => 'cat',
                                                    ),
                                                ),
                                            ),
                                            'wrapper' => array (
                                                'width' => 75,
                                                'class' => '',
                                                'id' => '',
                                            ),
                                            'taxonomy' => 'category',
                                            'field_type' => 'select',
                                            'allow_null' => 0,
                                            'add_term' => 1,
                                            'save_terms' => 0,
                                            'load_terms' => 0,
                                            'return_format' => 'id',
                                            'multiple' => 0,
                                        ),
                                        array (
                                            'key' => 'field_5653439311b2c',
                                            'label' => 'Custom',
                                            'name' => 'menuItem__cstm',
                                            'type' => 'text',
                                            'instructions' => '',
                                            'required' => 0,
                                            'conditional_logic' => array (
                                                array (
                                                    array (
                                                        'field' => 'field_565342ef11b29',
                                                        'operator' => '==',
                                                        'value' => 'cust',
                                                    ),
                                                ),
                                            ),
                                            'wrapper' => array (
                                                'width' => 75,
                                                'class' => '',
                                                'id' => '',
                                            ),
                                            'default_value' => '',
                                            'placeholder' => '',
                                            'prepend' => '',
                                            'append' => '',
                                            'maxlength' => '',
                                            'readonly' => 0,
                                            'disabled' => 0,
                                        ),
                                        array (
                                            'key' => 'field_5653437011b2b',
                                            'label' => 'URL',
                                            'name' => 'menuItem__url',
                                            'type' => 'url',
                                            'instructions' => '',
                                            'required' => 0,
                                            'conditional_logic' => array (
                                                array (
                                                    array (
                                                        'field' => 'field_565342ef11b29',
                                                        'operator' => '==',
                                                        'value' => 'url',
                                                    ),
                                                ),
                                            ),
                                            'wrapper' => array (
                                                'width' => 75,
                                                'class' => '',
                                                'id' => '',
                                            ),
                                            'default_value' => '',
                                            'placeholder' => '',
                                        ),
                                    ),
                                    'min' => '',
                                    'max' => '',
                                ),
                            ),
                        ),
                    ),
                    'min' => '',
                    'max' => '',
                ),
            ),
        ),
    ),
    'location' => array (
        array (
            array (
                'param' => 'options_page',
                'operator' => '==',
                'value' => 'acf-options-theme-options',
            ),
        ),
    ),
    'menu_order' => 0,
    'position' => 'normal',
    'style' => 'default',
    'label_placement' => 'top',
    'instruction_placement' => 'label',
    'hide_on_screen' => '',
    'active' => 1,
    'description' => '',
));
endif;
UX
function acfMenu($name) {
    if( function_exists('get_field') ) :
        $getMenus = get_field('menus', 'option');
        foreach($getMenus as $menuData) : 
            if( $menuData['menu__name'] == $name ) : 
              // Do stuff to build your menu
            endif;
        endforeach;
    endif;
}
これは簡単なサンプルですが、ACFが提供するオプションを使用して、あらゆる種類のものをメニュー項目に追加し、UIを自由にコーディングできます。
特定の質問に適用する場合、条件付きの選択を、提供するリンクのタイプに適用できます(添付画像を参照)。ACFでは、ページリンク、カテゴリリンク、ストレートURLなど、さまざまなパラメーターを使用できます。これらの項目を条件付きで選択すると、クラスやその他の属性を消去せずにメニュー項目のタイプを変更できます。