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I have a custom plugin 'Charts' that has it's own menu. In that menu are links to the 3 pages for the plugin - 'Charts', 'Add Chart' and 'Edit Chart'. However, I don't want to display the link to 'Edit Chart'.

Here is how I add the page in question -

$this->pagehook = add_submenu_page('charts', __('Edit Chart'), __('Edit Chart'), 'edit_charts', 'edit-chart', array(&$this, 'on_show_page'));

I've scoured the internet, and cannot find a way to do this (that works). It's possible to remove whole top level menus (not what I need), and you can remove individual entries from the $submenu global (but doing that also removes the registered capability), so no one can access the page -

global $submenu; if(!empty($submenu['charts'])) : foreach($submenu['charts'] as $key => $page) : if($page[0] === 'Edit Chart') : /** Removes all permissions to access the page */ //unset($submenu['charts'][$key]); /** Removes the title, but the menu entry still exists, so it looks odd */ $submenu['charts'][$key][0] = ''; endif; endforeach; endif;

I've looked in to hiding it via CSS, but can't see a way to do that through the HTML that Wordpress generates -

<li><a href="admin.php?page=edit-chart" tabindex="1">Edit Chart</a></li>

I've also considered jQuery, but that has similar limitations to the CSS route, plus I refust to believe that I am the only one that has ever wished to do this - there must be a way, I just can't find it!

Any hints and tips appriciated.

Thanks.

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  • Where are you hooking this function? What filter/action? Commented Nov 22, 2012 at 14:45

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Use a submenu page as parent slug. The admin menu has just two levels, so the imaginary third level will be hidden.

Sample code, tested:

add_action( 'admin_menu', 'wpse_73622_register_hidden_page' ); function wpse_73622_register_hidden_page() { add_submenu_page( 'options-writing.php', 'Hidden!', 'Hidden!', 'exists', 'wpse_73622', 'wpse_73622_render_hidden_page' ); # /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpse_73622 } function wpse_73622_render_hidden_page() { echo '<p>hello world</p>'; }
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  • This does work, although what doesn't work is the active state on the parent menu item get's lost, so the submenu closes, and no menu parent item is selected in the left sidebar. Commented Aug 1, 2016 at 9:50
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From the docs on add_submenu_page(), you see that you can hide your submenu link from a top level menu item to which it belongs be setting the slug (1st argument) to null:

add_action( 'admin_menu', 'register_my_custom_submenu_page' ); function register_my_custom_submenu_page() { add_submenu_page( null, 'My Custom Submenu Page', 'My Custom Submenu Page', 'manage_options', 'my-custom-submenu-page', 'my_custom_submenu_page_callback', ); }

To highlight the desired menu item (e.g. 'all charts' when accessing the hidden 'edit chart' page), you can do the following:

add_filter( 'submenu_file', function($submenu_file){ $screen = get_current_screen(); if($screen->id === 'id-of-page-to-hide'){ $submenu_file = 'id-of-page-to-higlight'; } return $submenu_file; });
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    Cool, but highlighting don't work correctly. If i set submenu_file they displayed as current. But top level menu not opened. But if i set parent_file, wp run function get_admin_page_parent() after filters and change it back. For what wp developers add parent_file filter if anyway function change it back. Could you help? Commented Aug 28, 2018 at 13:11
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    Also if parent_slug set as null, page_title not used in title. Commented Aug 28, 2018 at 13:12
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    You can use 'options.php' instead off null. Commented Mar 19, 2019 at 23:58
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You could use CSS, and you will be able to access it through the URL in the href tag:

#adminmenu a[href="admin.php?page=edit-chart"] { display: none; }

There are no extra paddings or spacings for the parent LI element, so you don't need to hide it. You will also still be able to access the submenu.

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