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function wp_ajax_menu_get_metabox() {
	if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_theme_options' ) ) {
		wp_die( -1 );
	}

	require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php';

	if ( isset( $_POST['item-type'] ) && 'post_type' === $_POST['item-type'] ) {
		$type     = 'posttype';
		$callback = 'wp_nav_menu_item_post_type_meta_box';
		$items    = (array) get_post_types( array( 'show_in_nav_menus' => true ), 'object' );
	} elseif ( isset( $_POST['item-type'] ) && 'taxonomy' === $_POST['item-type'] ) {
		$type     = 'taxonomy';
		$callback = 'wp_nav_menu_item_taxonomy_meta_box';
		$items    = (array) get_taxonomies( array( 'show_ui' => true ), 'object' );
	}

	if ( ! empty( $_POST['item-object'] ) && isset( $items[ $_POST['item-object'] ] ) ) {
		$menus_meta_box_object = $items[ $_POST['item-object'] ];

		/** This filter is documented in wp-admin/includes/nav-menu.php */
		$item = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_meta_box_object', $menus_meta_box_object );

		$box_args = array(
			'id'       => 'add-' . $item->name,
			'title'    => $item->labels->name,
			'callback' => $callback,
			'args'     => $item,
		);

		ob_start();
		$callback( null, $box_args );

		$markup = ob_get_clean();

		echo wp_json_encode(
			array(
				'replace-id' => $type . '-' . $item->name,
				'markup'     => $markup,
			)
		);
	}

	wp_die();
}