Administrator Menus

Usually plugin and themes needs to add menus in the Administrator panel for provide access to screens. The best way is adding a menu section in the Administration menu that allows the user to access the screens.

There are some functions for manipulate the Administration Menu.

Admin Menu

hAdminMenu helper

Add menu page to Administration Menu.

 osc_add_admin_menu_page( 
   $menu_title, 
   $url,
   $menu_id,
   $icon_url = null, 
   $capability = null,
   $position = null )

Add submenu page to Administration Menu page given a menu parent identifier.

 osc_add_admin_submenu_page( 
   $menu_id, 
   $submenu_title, 
   $url, 
   $submenu_id, 
   $capability = null, 
   $icon_url = null )

Remove menu page from Administrator Menu.

 osc_remove_admin_menu_page($id_menu);

Remove submenu page given parent menu page identifier.

 osc_remove_admin_submenu_page( $menu_id, $submenu_id )

Adding submenus to existings menus

Helpers can add submenus to existing menus, like:Submenu Listings

Helpers are available for these pages:

• Listings

• Categories

• Pages

• Appearance

• Plugins

• Settings

• Tools

• Users

• Statistics

 osc_admin_menu_items( 
   $submenu_title, $url, $submenu_id, $capability = null, $icon_url = null )
 osc_admin_menu_categories( 
   $submenu_title, $url, $submenu_id, $capability = null, $icon_url = null )
 osc_admin_menu_pages( 
   $submenu_title, $url, $submenu_id, $capability = null, $icon_url= null)
 osc_admin_menu_appearance( 
   $submenu_title, $url, $submenu_id, $capability = null, $icon_url = null )
 osc_admin_menu_plugins( 
   $submenu_title, $url, $submenu_id, $capability = null, $icon_url = null )
 osc_admin_menu_settings( 
   $submenu_title, $url, $submenu_id, $capability = null, $icon_url = null )
 osc_admin_menu_tools( 
   $submenu_title, $url, $submenu_id,$capability = null, $icon_url = null )
 osc_admin_menu_users( 
   $submenu_title, $url, $submenu_id, $capability = null, $icon_url = null )
 osc_admin_menu_stats( 
   $submenu_title, $url, $submenu_id, $capability = null, $icon_url = null )

Examples:

 osc_add_admin_menu_page( 
   __('Listing'),                                             // menu title
   osc_admin_base_url(true).'?page=items',                    // menu url
   'items',                                                   // menu id
   'moderator'                                                // capability
 ) ; 

 osc_add_admin_submenu_page( 
   'items',                                 // menu id
   __('Manage listings'),                   // submenu title   
   osc_admin_base_url(true).'?page=items',  // submenu url
   'items_manage',                          // submenu id
   'moderator'                              // capability
 ) ;
   ...