Source

File: wp-includes/link-template.php

function _navigation_markup( $links, $class = 'posts-navigation', $screen_reader_text = '', $aria_label = '' ) {
	if ( empty( $screen_reader_text ) ) {
		$screen_reader_text = __( 'Posts navigation' );
	}
	if ( empty( $aria_label ) ) {
		$aria_label = $screen_reader_text;
	}

	$template = '
	<nav class="navigation %1$s" role="navigation" aria-label="%4$s">
		<h2 class="screen-reader-text">%2$s</h2>
		<div class="nav-links">%3$s</div>
	</nav>';

	/**
	 * Filters the navigation markup template.
	 *
	 * Note: The filtered template HTML must contain specifiers for the navigation
	 * class (%1$s), the screen-reader-text value (%2$s), placement of the navigation
	 * links (%3$s), and ARIA label text if screen-reader-text does not fit that (%4$s):
	 *
	 *     <nav class="navigation %1$s" role="navigation" aria-label="%4$s">
	 *         <h2 class="screen-reader-text">%2$s</h2>
	 *         <div class="nav-links">%3$s</div>
	 *     </nav>
	 *
	 * @since 4.4.0
	 *
	 * @param string $template The default template.
	 * @param string $class    The class passed by the calling function.
	 * @return string Navigation template.
	 */
	$template = apply_filters( 'navigation_markup_template', $template, $class );

	return sprintf( $template, sanitize_html_class( $class ), esc_html( $screen_reader_text ), $links, esc_html( $aria_label ) );
}