add_submenu_page( string $parent_slug, string $page_title, string $menu_title, string $capability, string $menu_slug, callable $callback = '', int|float $position = null )
Adds a submenu page.
Description
This function takes a capability which will be used to determine whether or not a page is included in the menu.
The function which is hooked in to handle the output of the page must check that the user has the required capability as well.
Parameters
- $parent_slug
-
(Required) The slug name for the parent menu (or the file name of a standard WordPress admin page).
- $page_title
-
(Required) The text to be displayed in the title tags of the page when the menu is selected.
- $menu_title
-
(Required) The text to be used for the menu.
- $capability
-
(Required) The capability required for this menu to be displayed to the user.
- $menu_slug
-
(Required) The slug name to refer to this menu by. Should be unique for this menu and only include lowercase alphanumeric, dashes, and underscores characters to be compatible with sanitize_key().
- $callback
-
(Optional) The function to be called to output the content for this page.
Default value: ''
- $position
-
(Optional) The position in the menu order this item should appear.
Default value: null
Return
(string|false) The resulting page's hook_suffix, or false if the user does not have the capability required.
Source
File: wp-admin/includes/plugin.php
function add_submenu_page( $parent_slug, $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function = '' ) {
global $submenu, $menu, $_wp_real_parent_file, $_wp_submenu_nopriv,
$_registered_pages, $_parent_pages;
$menu_slug = plugin_basename( $menu_slug );
$parent_slug = plugin_basename( $parent_slug);
if ( isset( $_wp_real_parent_file[$parent_slug] ) )
$parent_slug = $_wp_real_parent_file[$parent_slug];
if ( !current_user_can( $capability ) ) {
$_wp_submenu_nopriv[$parent_slug][$menu_slug] = true;
return false;
}
/*
* If the parent doesn't already have a submenu, add a link to the parent
* as the first item in the submenu. If the submenu file is the same as the
* parent file someone is trying to link back to the parent manually. In
* this case, don't automatically add a link back to avoid duplication.
*/
if (!isset( $submenu[$parent_slug] ) && $menu_slug != $parent_slug ) {
foreach ( (array)$menu as $parent_menu ) {
if ( $parent_menu[2] == $parent_slug && current_user_can( $parent_menu[1] ) )
$submenu[$parent_slug][] = array_slice( $parent_menu, 0, 4 );
}
}
$submenu[$parent_slug][] = array ( $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $page_title );
$hookname = get_plugin_page_hookname( $menu_slug, $parent_slug);
if (!empty ( $function ) && !empty ( $hookname ))
add_action( $hookname, $function );
$_registered_pages[$hookname] = true;
/*
* Backward-compatibility for plugins using add_management page.
* See wp-admin/admin.php for redirect from edit.php to tools.php
*/
if ( 'tools.php' == $parent_slug )
$_registered_pages[get_plugin_page_hookname( $menu_slug, 'edit.php')] = true;
// No parent as top level.
$_parent_pages[$menu_slug] = $parent_slug;
return $hookname;
}
Changelog
Version | Description |
---|---|
5.3.0 | Added the $position parameter. |
1.5.0 | Introduced. |