remove-scope-from-menu-item.php

<?php
/**
 * Plugin Name: Menu URL Cleaner (MU)
 * Description: Automatically removes /scope:ANYTHING/ prefix from WordPress menu item URLs
 * Version: 1.0.0
 * Author: Your Name
 */

// Prevent direct access
if (!defined('ABSPATH')) {
    exit;
}

/**
 * Clean menu URLs automatically on page load
 */
function mu_clean_menu_urls() {
    global $wpdb;
    
    // Use transient to avoid running on every page load
    // Check every 5 minutes if there are URLs to clean
    $transient_key = 'menu_url_cleaner_check';
    
    if (get_transient($transient_key)) {
        return; // Already checked recently
    }
    
    // Set transient for 5 minutes
    set_transient($transient_key, true, 5 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS);
    
    // Query all menu items with URLs that start with /scope:
    $menu_items = $wpdb->get_results("
        SELECT pm.meta_id, pm.meta_value as url
        FROM {$wpdb->posts} p
        INNER JOIN {$wpdb->postmeta} pm ON p.ID = pm.post_id
        WHERE p.post_type = 'nav_menu_item'
        AND pm.meta_key = '_menu_item_url'
        AND pm.meta_value LIKE '/scope:%'
    ");
    
    if (empty($menu_items)) {
        return; // Nothing to clean
    }
    
    // Clean the URLs
    foreach ($menu_items as $item) {
        // Check if URL starts with /scope: and capture the rest
        if (preg_match('#^/scope:[^/]+/(.*)$#', $item->url, $matches)) {
            $new_url = '/' . $matches[1];
            
            // Update the URL
            $wpdb->update(
                $wpdb->postmeta,
                array('meta_value' => $new_url),
                array('meta_id' => $item->meta_id),
                array('%s'),
                array('%d')
            );
        }
    }
}

// Hook into WordPress init
add_action('init', 'mu_clean_menu_urls');