Title: add_object_page
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# add_object_page( string $page_title, string $menu_title, string $capability, string $menu_slug, callable $callback, string $icon_url ): string

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#description)
    - [See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#see-also)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#return)
 * [More Information](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#more-information)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function has been deprecated since 4.5.0. Use [add_menu_page()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_menu_page/)
instead.

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

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#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.

### 󠀁[See also](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#see-also)󠁿

 * [add_menu_page()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_menu_page/)

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$page_title`stringrequired

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

`$menu_title`stringrequired

The text to be used for the menu.

`$capability`stringrequired

The capability required for this menu to be displayed to the user.

`$menu_slug`stringrequired

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

`$callback`callableoptional

The function to be called to output the content for this page.

`$icon_url`stringoptional

The URL to the icon to be used for this menu.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 string The resulting page’s hook_suffix.

## 󠀁[More Information](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#more-information)󠁿

Technically, the _function_ parameter is optional, but if it is not supplied, then
WordPress will assume that including the PHP file will generate the administration
screen, without calling a function. Most plugin authors choose to put the page-generating
code in a function within their main plugin file. If the _function_ parameter is
omitted, the _menu\_slug_ should be the PHP file that handles the display of the
menu page content.

In the event that the _function_ parameter is specified, it is possible to use any
string for the _file_ parameter. This allows usage of pages such as _?page=my\_super\
_plugin\_page_ instead of _?page=my-super-plugin/admin-options.php_.Capability checking
based on _capability_ should happen within the PHP file as well – the _capability_
parameter defines both the visibility of the menu link and the visibility of the
menu page contents.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function add_object_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $callback = '', $icon_url = '') {
    	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.5.0', 'add_menu_page()' );

    	global $_wp_last_object_menu;

    	$_wp_last_object_menu++;

    	return add_menu_page($page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $callback, $icon_url, $_wp_last_object_menu);
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php#L1438)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php#L1438-L1446)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [add_menu_page()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_menu_page/)`wp-admin/includes/plugin.php` |

Adds a top-level menu page.

  | 
| [_deprecated_function()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_deprecated_function/)`wp-includes/functions.php` |

Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_object_page/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.5.0/) | Deprecated. Use [add_menu_page()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/add_menu_page/)  | 
| [2.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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