Warning: This function has been deprecated. Use add_menu_page() instead.

add_utility_page( string $page_title, string $menu_title, string $capability, string $menu_slug, callable $function = '', string $icon_url = '' )

Add a top-level menu page in the ‘utility’ section.


Description 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.

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Parameters Parameters

$page_title

(string) (Required) The text to be displayed in the title tags of the page when the menu is selected.

$menu_title

(string) (Required) The text to be used for the menu.

$capability

(string) (Required) The capability required for this menu to be displayed to the user.

$menu_slug

(string) (Required) The slug name to refer to this menu by (should be unique for this menu).

$function

(callable) (Optional) The function to be called to output the content for this page.

Default value: ''

$icon_url

(string) (Optional) The url to the icon to be used for this menu.

Default value: ''


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Return Return

(string) The resulting page's hook_suffix.


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Source Source

File: wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php

function add_utility_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function = '', $icon_url = '') {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.5.0', 'add_menu_page()' );

	global $_wp_last_utility_menu;

	$_wp_last_utility_menu++;

	return add_menu_page($page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function, $icon_url, $_wp_last_utility_menu);
}

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Changelog
Version Description
4.5.0 Use add_menu_page()
2.7.0 Introduced.


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