remove_menu_page( string $menu_slug )

Remove a top-level admin menu.


Description Description


Parameters Parameters

$menu_slug

(string) (Required) The slug of the menu.


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Return Return

(array|bool) The removed menu on success, false if not found.


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Source Source

File: wp-admin/includes/plugin.php

function remove_menu_page( $menu_slug ) {
	global $menu;

	foreach ( $menu as $i => $item ) {
		if ( $menu_slug == $item[2] ) {
			unset( $menu[ $i ] );
			return $item;
		}
	}

	return false;
}

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Version Description
3.1.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Codex

    Example

    Removes every menu for all users. To remove only certain menu items include only those you want to hide within the function. To remove menus for only certain users you may want to utilize current_user_can().

    /**
     * Removes some menus by page.
     */
    function wpdocs_remove_menus(){
      
      remove_menu_page( 'index.php' );                  //Dashboard
      remove_menu_page( 'jetpack' );                    //Jetpack* 
      remove_menu_page( 'edit.php' );                   //Posts
      remove_menu_page( 'upload.php' );                 //Media
      remove_menu_page( 'edit.php?post_type=page' );    //Pages
      remove_menu_page( 'edit-comments.php' );          //Comments
      remove_menu_page( 'themes.php' );                 //Appearance
      remove_menu_page( 'plugins.php' );                //Plugins
      remove_menu_page( 'users.php' );                  //Users
      remove_menu_page( 'tools.php' );                  //Tools
      remove_menu_page( 'options-general.php' );        //Settings
      
    }
    add_action( 'admin_menu', 'wpdocs_remove_menus' );
    ?>
    

    (*) Better to add this priority if dealing with jetpack menu: add_action( ‘admin_menu’, ‘remove_menus’, 999 );

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    Contributed by cjstage

    Note that 'admin_menu' may not be sufficient for certain menus. I’ve experienced this with a few plugins. Alternatively you can use 'admin_init'.

    function wpdocs_remove_menus(){
    
      remove_menu_page( 'some-plugin' );                  //Some Plugin Page
    
    }
    add_action( 'admin_init', 'wpdocs_remove_menus' );
    

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