Wordpress : Add admin menu entry for specific post types or own objects

Question

I'm using different post types or categories to determine where to put specific posts on my index.php page for example.

I'd love to add a new entry to my admin menu (like "slider") without using plugins, but only a theme.

I found this in the wordpress documentation which seems to be for plugins - am I right?

If I cannot create an object I'd be interested if it is possible to create an entry in the admin menu which forces a specfific post type or category (hidden).

The following code will add an entry to my "settings / einstellungen" menu tab. However I'd like to position it somewhere else

add_action( 'admin_menu', 'my_plugin_menu' );


function my_plugin_menu() {
    add_options_page( 'Slider', 'Create Slider', 'manage_options', 'create-a-slider', 'my_plugin_options' );
}


function my_plugin_options() {
    if ( !current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) )  {
        wp_die( __( 'You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.' ) );
    }
    echo '<div class="wrap">';
    echo '<p>Here is where the form would go if I actually had options.</p>';
    echo '</div>';
}

Frnak Frnak · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-09T06:39:43

Actually the link i posted included all the information needed.

The following snippets can be used to attach menus to the different elements. You can use

add_objcect_page()

to add a top level element.

Dashboard 
<?php add_dashboard_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function); ?>


Posts 
<?php add_posts_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function); ?>


Media 
<?php add_media_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function); ?>


Pages 
<?php add_pages_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function); ?>


Comments 
<?php add_comments_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function); ?>


Appearance 
<?php add_theme_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function); ?>


Plugins 
<?php add_plugins_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function); ?>


Users 
<?php add_users_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function); ?>


Tools 
<?php add_management_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function); ?>


Settings 
<?php add_options_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $function); ?>

https://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Menus

Wordpress : Add admin menu entry for specific post types or own objects

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