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Admin Menus - Name Menu different from first Submenu [duplicate]

I am creating a submenu with the following code: add_action( 'admin_menu', 'jp_create_admin_pages' ); function jp_create_admin_pages() { add_menu_page( 'Members', 'Members', ...
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Generate Advanced Custom Fields box in custom admin menu page

I have created an custom admin menu page called FCC Youtube with add_menu_page function which has some custom fields I manually generated via HTML and PHP: code ( just the part how I created this ...
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Pass custom css class to add_menu_page

My theme currently uses add_menu_page() in order to display the theme options sections on the left hand admin menu. I would like to be able to attach a parent css class to the main menu item in order ...
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add_menu_page() with variable function

How can I use add_menu_page() functions some variable function ? add_menu_page('My page','My page','manage_options','my_page', 'func' ); $func = function() { echo "Done !"; }; I know I can ...
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Enqueueing Scripts on a Custom Top-level Menu Page

I've created a menu page using the following function: add_menu_page( 'Nonpareil options', 'Nonpareil options', 'administrator', 'nonpareil_theme_options', 'nonpareil_theme_display' ); ...
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How to use a WordPress' existing admin icon?

I use the add_menu_page function to add an new admin menu: add_menu_page( 'Custom_menu', 'Custom_menu', 'edit_posts', 'custom_slug', '', 'wordpress_existing_icon', 5 ); ...
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how to open page, defined in plugin, from dashboad widget

I have a plugin that adds a number of admin pages, and drives two page templates for the public facing documents. It also loads one dashboard widget for "subscribers". In this widget is a list of ...
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add_menu_page() with different name for first submenu item

The add_menu_page documentation says to pass the menu title as the second parameter: add_menu_page('Page Title', 'Menu Title', ...); When adding more pages later via add_submenu_page, the main page ...
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How to add admin bar only page?

I successfully managed to create admin bar item using this: add_action('admin_bar_menu', 'toolbar_link_to_mypage', 999); function toolbar_link_to_mypage($wp_admin_bar){ global $wp_admin_bar; ...
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Confused about adding menu support to theme [closed]

I am building a site into WP and have been reading up on how to add menus into them. I have this in my themes functions file.. function mmw_new_register_my_menus() { register_nav_menus( array( ...
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How to add custom menu item on plugin activation?

When my plugin is activated, I would like to add a new menu item. Here is my code: class My_Plugin { function __construct() { register_activation_hook(__FILE__, array($this, 'install')); } ...
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do_shortcode() within Admin Page

I'm using a few plugins that have shortcodes ... however, instead of creating a public page for the content, I've created some new pages within the admin using add_menu_page and I need to know how to ...
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How to point “add_menu_page” to HTML file rather than PHP function

I added a new menu item for my plugin like this: add_menu_page( 'Control Panel', 'My Plugin', 'manage_options', 'control-panel', array($this, 'control_panel_page'), ...
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Associating custom submenu item with post type of top level menu item

I'm working on a plugin that sets admin menu submenu pages on all different post types. I need to be able to associate these new submenu pages with the corresponding post type of the top level menu ...
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How can I add/update post meta in a admin menu page?

I wanted to create a plugin to batch manage posts' custom field data. I know I can add post meta by add a meta box in post edit screen and use add_action('save_post','function_to_update_meta') to ...
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Add highlighting to new Admin Dashboard Menu Item

I have implemented a Custom menu item in my wordpress dashboard using the following command in the functions.php function create_menu() { $settings_page = add_menu_page('Edit_Post_69', ...
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Determine Registered Admin Menus

Is it possible to obtain a list of which Top Level Admin Menus have been registered via some plugin? I'm talking about menus registered with: add_menu_page();
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How to remove duplicate link from add_menu_page

In the theme admin menu below, the "MyTheme Menu Label" is being duplicated twice on the sidebar menu, once for the main menu link and again for the first submenu link. How can I remove the 2nd ...
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Add submenus to Theme options menu

My theme currently has a single menu on the left hand sidebar of WP admin. I want to include submenus on that menu. How can I add, for example, a single submenu item to the "Theme Options" menu ...
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add_menu_page permissions - what am I doing wrong?

I am running a fresh install of Wordpress 3.3.2 and the only plugin enabled is one I'm developing, but I can't seem to get past a permissions issue in add_menu_page. With the exception of using ...
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How to add a sub menu with AJAX?

What i want to do is fire up the add_submenu_page() function from within ajax on my plugin options page. When i click an "Add League" link, i want to display an ajax input[text] that will save into ...
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difference between add_object_page and add_menu_page

According to Codex, the add_object_page "essentially does the exact same thing as add_menu_page() in case you're wondering". So.... what is the difference between those two functions?
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Add dashboard widget to page created with add_menu_page()?

I've created a standard page with a top level menu using add_menu_page() and I want to turn that page into a bespoke dashboard, ie to have a number of boxes like the dashboard widgets using something ...
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Seriously stuck with some custom meta box/plugin stuff

I’m working on a small plugin - part of it needs to add several meta boxes to all custom post types. I’ve tried looping through my array of custom port types in various ways but I keep getting errors ...
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add_submenu_page function to show videos table

wondering if its possible to show the attachments admin list for videos by using a custom menu link? Any pointers welcome! D. add_action('admin_menu', 'mt_add_pages'); function mt_add_pages() { ...
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How to prevent parent admin page from appearring as a child admin page

I am using this code: add_menu_page($page_title, $menu_title, $this->capability, $menu_slug, $function); Which is adding top level admin page. When I add: add_submenu_page( $menu_slug, 'sub ...
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and custom post_types to custom menu

managed to create a custom menu area in the admin but now want to place 2 post types to it. They already exist - questions & answers, but can't find a way to put their menu links into the custom ...
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Master menu item for multiple plugins?

I guess this question is more or less about aesthetics and organization rather than functionality, but I'm curious nonetheless... I know I can add a custom menu item in the dashboard for my plugin ...
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Return value of add_menu_page

I've read this on codex and seem some themes use it but never understood how it worked. (string) $hookname used internally to track menu page callbacks for outputting the page inside the global ...
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Settings page above CPT page in admin section

I'm creating a plugin which generates a handfull or custom post types (CPT). I've create a top level menu in the admin left sidebar using add_menu_page(). I then added all CPTs to this menu using ...
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why add_menu_page use simple function as arg while add_meta_box a call back?

I was looking on Wordpress function reference and find that add_menu_page takes simple function as arg while add_meta_box call it as call back. I am new to programming.. help me understand this
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Where is the submitted $_POST array stored after an option page submission?

What happens, when I click Save Changes on a option page, which was created by add_menu_page()? Where is the submitted data stored before the database transmission? A print_r($_REQUEST) returns only ...