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How can i remove the whole menu in the admin?

I have this code:

function remove_menu_items() { global $menu; end( $menu ); while ( prev($menu) ) { $value = explode( ' ', $menu[ key($menu) ][0] ); if ( $value[0] != NULL ? $value[0] : "" ) { unset( $menu[ key($menu) ] ); } } } add_action( 'admin_menu', 'remove_menu_items' );

This only removes the default menu items, any pages added to the menu by a plugin are still there.

How can i remove the whole menu?

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add_action('admin_head', 't5_hide_menu'); function t5_hide_menu() { $GLOBALS['menu'] = array(); ?> <style>#adminmenuback,#adminmenuwrap{display:none !important} #wpcontent, #footer{margin-left:0 !important}</style> <?php }

Now I want to know: why? :)

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  • +1 for "Now I want to know: why? :)" Btw: (not sure) Isn't the adminmenu or admin_menu (or even _admin_menu) hook more appropriate for this? Commented Feb 14, 2012 at 21:55
  • @kaiser I like it when my style elements are placed in the <head>. Therefore it’s admin_head. Commented Feb 15, 2012 at 0:34
  • Note to later readers: This (empty array) is the only solution that will successfully prevent an error if plugins add pages later on. @toscho If you dump the global at for e.g. admin_footer, I guess there'll be left overs from plugins that hook later. Imho would be better to split this into two functions and go into adminmenu with a really high priority. Commented Feb 15, 2012 at 0:45
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    It's very important to note that hiding the menu won't prevent users from accessing the pages directly if they know the URI. Otherwise it's just an illusion, like an aztec tomb. Commented Feb 15, 2012 at 4:24
  • thanks I should have said i dont want to do it using css or javascript. I want to do this as I am styling the admin and using my own menu. Commented Feb 15, 2012 at 9:17
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Use the following to remove the entire thing:

global $menu; unset($menu);

Hope this helps!

Btw, the admin menu code is in /wp-admin/menu.php if you want to look at it and mess with certain items.

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  • +1 But I guess it will throw an error if some plugin tries to add stuff to a non existing array. Commented Feb 15, 2012 at 0:41
  • this doesnt work Commented Feb 15, 2012 at 9:16
  • You're supposed to put that code in a function which is hooked to admin_head. ie. function noMenu() { global $menu; unset($menu); } and then add_action('admin_head', 'noMenu'); Commented Feb 15, 2012 at 17:54
  • yes i did that thanks but ended up with lots of errors Commented Mar 9, 2012 at 18:03
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You could use CSS:

#adminmenuwrap { display:none; }

Or you could use Javascript and hide each element.

Target #menu-media, #menu-links and so on.

Or you could do this:

add_action( 'admin_menu' , 'i_can_haz_no_menuz' ); function i_can_haz_no_menuz() { global $menu; $menu = array(); }

Just remember that other plugins may add menus after this point.

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  • +1 But are you shure you don't get an error when setting it to null? Commented Feb 15, 2012 at 0:41
  • thanks I should have said i dont want to do it using css or javascript. I tried you code and it didnt remove the pages added by plugins. It might be that i need to use another hook Commented Feb 15, 2012 at 9:20
  • I tried: function remove_menu_items() { global $menu; $menu = null; } add_action('admin_menu', 'remove_menu_items', 12); But i got errors Commented Feb 15, 2012 at 9:35
  • probably should be an array instead of null Commented Feb 15, 2012 at 17:59

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