add_dashboard_page( string $page_title, string $menu_title, string $capability, string $menu_slug, callable $callback = '', int $position = null ): string|false

Adds a submenu page to the Dashboard main menu.

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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

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

Default: ''

$position int Optional
The position in the menu order this item should appear.

Default: null

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Return

string|false The resulting page's hook_suffix, or false if the user does not have the capability required.

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More Information

This function is a simple wrapper for a call to add_submenu_page() , passing the received arguments and specifying 'index.php' as the $parent_slug argument. This means the new page will be added as a sub-menu to the Dashboard menu.

The $capability parameter is used to determine whether or not the page is included in the menu based on the Roles and Capabilities) of the current user.

The function handling the output of the options page should also verify the user’s capabilities.

If you’re running into the »You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.« message on a wp_die() screen, then you’ve hooked too early. The hook you should use is admin_menu.

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Source

File: wp-admin/includes/plugin.php. View all references 

function add_dashboard_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $callback = '', $position = null ) {
	return add_submenu_page( 'index.php', $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $callback, $position );
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
5.3.0 Added the $position parameter.
2.7.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Codex —

    Typical usage occurs in a function registered with the ‘admin_menu’ hook:

    /**
 * Add a page to the dashboard menu.
 */
function wpdocs_plugin_menu() {
	add_dashboard_page( __( 'WPDocs Plugin Dashboard', 'textdomain' ), __( 'WPDocs Plugin', 'textdomain' ), 'read', 'wpdocs-unique-identifier', 'wpdocs_plugin_function' );
}
add_action('admin_menu', 'wpdocs_plugin_menu');

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