WordPress add_menu_page()
Introduction
This function is to add an item in the admin panel's nav bar.
Syntax
- add_menu_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function, $icon_url, $position)
Parameters
| Parameter | Details |
|---|---|
| $page_title | (string) The text to be displayed in the title tags of the page when the menu is selected. |
| $menu_title | (string) The text to be used for the menu. |
| $capability | (string) The capability required for this menu to be displayed to the user. |
| $menu_slug | (string) The slug name to refer to this menu by (should be unique for this menu). |
| $function | (callable) (optional) The function to be called to output the content for this page. |
| $icon_url | (string) (optional) The URL to the icon to be used for this menu. |
| $position | (int) (optional) The position in the menu order this one should appear. |
Remarks
Here is a list of the default positions (for $position)
- 2 – Dashboard
- 4 – Separator
- 5 – Posts
- 10 – Media
- 15 – Links
- 20 – Pages
- 25 – Comments
- 59 – Separator
- 60 – Appearance
- 65 – Plugins
- 70 – Users
- 75 – Tools
- 80 – Settings
- 99 – Separator
