{"id":137939,"date":"2018-08-10T15:29:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T15:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/?p=137939"},"modified":"2023-09-18T10:29:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T10:29:18","slug":"how-to-add-menu-in-wordpress-admin-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webkul.com\/blog\/how-to-add-menu-in-wordpress-admin-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add menu in WordPress admin panel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Menu in WordPress admin panel –\u00a0In this post we see how we can add custom menu to admin sidebar. Sometimes when we work with plugins or theme and we need to show some features or any information in admin page then we can use this code snippet to create the same.<\/p>\n

As we know WordPress provide hook using which we can easily add custom admin menu. So, for this we\u2019ll use \u2018admin_menu\u2019 hook and add action to this hook<\/p>\n

1. Creating menu \u2013<\/h4>\n

Add this code in functions.php file of your plugin or theme.<\/p>\n

add_action('admin_menu', 'custom_menu');<\/pre>\n
In above line of code, first parameter is the hook we discuss about, Second parameter is name of callback function. In callback function you have to write what you want to alter in admin menu.<\/p>\n
function custom_menu() { \n\n  add_menu_page( \n      'Page Title', \n      'Menu Title', \n      'edit_posts', \n      'menu_slug', \n      'page_callback_function', \n      'dashicons-media-spreadsheet' \n\n     );\n}<\/pre>\n
As you can see in custom_menu() function I just used add_menu_page(). This function allow you to create a menu in admin sidebar and map that menu to a page.<\/p>\n
In custom_menu() function<\/p>\n