Would you like to add a menu to the admin bar?
WordPress recently introduced an API for developers to use, before it was just a WordPress.com feature, then it was adopted on the WordPress blog autonomous. This admin bar adds an extra menu bar to your WordPress blog depending on the level of the logged in user (role).
Last time, we gave you tips on how to turn off the administration bar on a WordPress blog, today we will teach you how to add a custom menu and submenus to your admin bar.
We will in this tutorial use a php code that you will add in a plugin. We have presented to you in the following article how to create a WordPress plugin.
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How to create a menu on the toolbar
All you have to do is add the following code:
function my_new_admin_bar_menu() {
global $wp_admin_bar;
$root_menu = array(
'parent' => false, // Parent, si false, sera situé à la racine
'id' => 'new_custom', // id du menu, doit ĂŞtre unique pour la racine.
'title' => __('Menu Personnalisé'), // Menu / sub-menu title
'href' => admin_url( 'my-new-menu.php'), // Menu URL
'meta' => false // table des attributs : array( 'html' => '', 'class' => '', 'onclick' => '', target => '', title => '' );
);
$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( $root_menu );
}
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'my_new_admin_bar_menu' );How to create a submenu on the toolbar
function my_new_admin_bar_menu() {
global $wp_admin_bar;
$root_menu = array(
'parent' => false, // Parent, si false, sera situé à la racine
'id' => 'new_custom', // id du menu, doit ĂŞtre unique pour la racine.
'title' => __('Menu Personnalisé'), // Menu / sub-menu title
'href' => admin_url( 'my-new-menu.php'), // Menu URL
'meta' => false // table des attributs : array( 'html' => '', 'class' => '', 'onclick' => '', target => '', title => '' );
$sub1 = array( 'parent' => 'new_custom', 'id' => 'new_custom1', 'title' => __('Sub1'), 'href' => admin_url( 'my-first-sub.php'), 'meta' => false );
$sub2 = array( 'parent' => 'new_custom', 'id' => 'new_custom2', 'title' => __('Sub2'), 'href' => admin_url( 'my-second-sub.php'), 'meta' => false );
$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( $root_menu );
$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( $sub1 );
$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( $sub2 );
}
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'my_new_admin_bar_menu' );Using our first example, we'll add two submenus. We're going to add a parent value to our array so that it's a child of our root menu.
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We will add the main identifier " new_custom »On all our submenus, make sure you also use a unique ID for all submenus (new_custom1 and new_custom2). Make sure to call the " $ wp_admin_bar-> add_menu ($ subX); »On all sub-menu tables.
How to add submenus to existing menus
function my_new_sub_menu() {
global $wp_admin_bar;
$sub_menu = array(
'parent' => 'new-content', // Ajoute un sous menu dans new-content (Nouveau)
'id' => 'new_custom_sub', // ID du menu unique.
'title' => __('Custom Sub Menu'), // Titre
'href' => admin_url( 'my-new-sub-menu.php'), // URL du menu
'meta' => false // tableau d'options: array( 'html' => '', 'class' => '', 'onclick' => '', target => '', title => '' );
);
$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( $sub_menu );
}
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'my_new_sub_menu' );As you can see, we used the new content as our parent ID, it will be under the menu " Add new On the native list of the WordPress admin bar menu. Just like in this second example, we set the parent ID to be the children of the parent menu.
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Here are some available menu identifiers that you can use.
- appearance - Appearance menu
- comments - Links of comments
- edit - Post / Page / Category / Tag edit menu
- get-shortlink - Shortlink of the page menu
- my-blogs - My website menu, if you have more than one website
- New happy - Add a new menu
- updates - Update link
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Conclusion
So ! That's it for this tutorial. You can also use it in your next WordPress Plugin, if you want to add an administrator menu for your settings. You just need to configure it in such a way that your plugin will work.
However, you will also be able to consult our resources, if you need more elements to carry out your projects of creation of Internet sites, by consulting our guide on the WordPress blog creation.
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