add_settings_section( string $id, string $title, callable $callback, string $page, array $args = array() )

Adds a new section to a settings page.


Description

Part of the Settings API. Use this to define new settings sections for an admin page.
Show settings sections in your admin page callback function with do_settings_sections().
Add settings fields to your section with add_settings_field().

The $callback argument should be the name of a function that echoes out any content you want to show at the top of the settings section before the actual fields. It can output nothing if you want.


Parameters

$id

(Required) Slug-name to identify the section. Used in the 'id' attribute of tags.

$title

(Required) Formatted title of the section. Shown as the heading for the section.

$callback

(Required) Function that echos out any content at the top of the section (between heading and fields).

$page

(Required) The slug-name of the settings page on which to show the section. Built-in pages include 'general', 'reading', 'writing', 'discussion', 'media', etc. Create your own using add_options_page();

$args

(Optional) Arguments used to create the settings section.<br>

  • 'before_section'
    (string) HTML content to prepend to the section's HTML output.<br> Receives the section's class name as %s. <br>
  • 'after_section'
    (string) HTML content to append to the section's HTML output. <br>
  • 'section_class'
    (string) The class name to use for the section. <br>

Default value: array()


Source

File: wp-admin/includes/template.php

function add_settings_section($id, $title, $callback, $page) {
	global $wp_settings_sections;

	if ( 'misc' == $page ) {
		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, 'WP-3.0.0',
			/* translators: %s: misc */
			sprintf( __( 'The "%s" options group has been removed. Use another settings group.' ),
				'misc'
			)
		);
		$page = 'general';
	}

	if ( 'privacy' == $page ) {
		_deprecated_argument( __FUNCTION__, 'WP-3.5.0',
			/* translators: %s: privacy */
			sprintf( __( 'The "%s" options group has been removed. Use another settings group.' ),
				'privacy'
			)
		);
		$page = 'reading';
	}

	$wp_settings_sections[$page][$id] = array('id' => $id, 'title' => $title, 'callback' => $callback);
}


Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
6.1.0 Added an $args parameter for the section's HTML wrapper and class name.
2.7.0 Introduced.