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WordPress admin menu slugs

Dashboard remove_menu_page(‘index.php’); Dashboard        remove_submenu_page( ‘index.php’, ‘index.php’ ); Updates remove_submenu_page( ‘index.php’, ‘update-core.php’ ); Posts remove_menu_page(‘edit.php’); Posts remove_submenu_page( ‘edit.php’, ‘edit.php’ ); Add New remove_submenu_page( ‘edit.php’, ‘post-new.php’ ); Categories remove_submenu_page( ‘edit.php’, ‘edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category’ ); Post Tags remove_submenu_page( ‘edit.php’, ‘edit-tags.php?taxonomy=post_tag’ ); Media remove_menu_page(‘upload.php’); Library remove_submenu_page( ‘upload.php’, ‘upload.php’ ); Add New remove_submenu_page( ‘upload.php’, ‘media-new.php’ ); Links remove_menu_page(‘link-manager.php’); Links remove_submenu_page( ‘link-manager.php’, ‘link-manager.php’ ); Add New remove_submenu_page( ‘link-manager.php’, ‘link-add.php’ ); Link Categories  remove_submenu_page( ‘link-manager.php’, ‘edit-tags.php?taxonomy=link_category’ ); Pages remove_me

Removing menu pages from the WordPress admin

In this tutorial, I’ll cover the remove_menu_page() and remove_submenu_page() functions, which were added in WordPress 3.1. The first thing you need to decide is where you’re putting the code. I’ll assume you’re either dropping this in your theme’s functions.php file or one of your plugin files. 1. Removing top-level menu pages Usage remove_menu_page( $menu_slug ); Examples <?php function remove_menus(){ remove_menu_page( 'index.php' ); //Dashboard 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