function add_counter_to_menu_item( $counter = 1, $class = '' ) {
			global $menu, $submenu;

			$mask = '%s <span class="update-plugins %s count-%3$s" aria-hidden="true"><span>%3$s<span class="screen-reader-text">%3$s notifications</span></span></span>';

			/**
			 * This method is NOT executed for WordPress.org themes.
			 * Since we maintain only one version of the SDK we added this small
			 * hack to avoid the error from Theme Check since it's a false-positive.
			 *
			 * @author Vova Feldman (@svovaf)
			 * @since  1.2.2.7
			 */
			$menu_ref    = &$menu;
			$submenu_ref = &$submenu;

			if ( $this->_is_top_level ) {
				// Find main menu item.
				$found_menu = $this->find_top_level_menu();

				if ( false !== $found_menu ) {
					// Override menu label.
					$menu_ref[ $found_menu['position'] ][0] = sprintf(
						$mask,
						$found_menu['menu'][0],
						$class,
						$counter
					);
				}
			} else {
				$found_submenu = $this->find_main_submenu();

				if ( false !== $found_submenu ) {
					// Override menu label.
					$submenu_ref[ $found_submenu['parent_slug'] ][ $found_submenu['position'] ][0] = sprintf(
						$mask,
						$found_submenu['menu'][0],
						$class,
						$counter
					);
				}
			}
		}