add_settings_section( string $id, string $title, callable $callback, string $page, array $args = array() )

Adds a new section to a settings page.

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Description

Part of the Settings API. Use this to define new settings sections for an admin page.
Show settings sections in your admin page callback function with do_settings_sections() .
Add settings fields to your section with add_settings_field() .

The $callback argument should be the name of a function that echoes out any content you want to show at the top of the settings section before the actual fields. It can output nothing if you want.

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Parameters

$id string Required
Slug-name to identify the section. Used in the 'id' attribute of tags.
$title string Required
Formatted title of the section. Shown as the heading for the section.
$callback callable Required
Function that echos out any content at the top of the section (between heading and fields).
$page string Required
The slug-name of the settings page on which to show the section. Built-in pages include 'general', 'reading', 'writing', 'discussion', 'media', etc. Create your own using add_options_page() ;
$args array Optional
Arguments used to create the settings section.
  • before_section string
    HTML content to prepend to the section's HTML output.
    Receives the section's class name as %s.
  • after_section string
    HTML content to append to the section's HTML output.
  • section_class string
    The class name to use for the section.

Default: array()

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More Information

The callback function receives a single optional argument, which is an array with three elements. Example:

add_settings_section(
	'eg_setting_section',
	'Example settings section in reading',
	'eg_setting_section_callback_function',
	'reading'
);
function eg_setting_section_callback_function( $arg ) {
	// echo section intro text here
	echo '<p>id: ' . $arg['id'] . '</p>';             // id: eg_setting_section
	echo '<p>title: ' . $arg['title'] . '</p>';       // title: Example settings section in reading
	echo '<p>callback: ' . $arg['callback'] . '</p>'; // callback: eg_setting_section_callback_function
}

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Source

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

function add_settings_section( $id, $title, $callback, $page, $args = array() ) {
	global $wp_settings_sections;

	$defaults = array(
		'id'             => $id,
		'title'          => $title,
		'callback'       => $callback,
		'before_section' => '',
		'after_section'  => '',
		'section_class'  => '',
	);

	$section = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );

	if ( 'misc' === $page ) {
		_deprecated_argument(
			__FUNCTION__,
			'3.0.0',
			sprintf(
				/* translators: %s: misc */
				__( 'The "%s" options group has been removed. Use another settings group.' ),
				'misc'
			)
		);
		$page = 'general';
	}

	if ( 'privacy' === $page ) {
		_deprecated_argument(
			__FUNCTION__,
			'3.5.0',
			sprintf(
				/* translators: %s: privacy */
				__( 'The "%s" options group has been removed. Use another settings group.' ),
				'privacy'
			)
		);
		$page = 'reading';
	}

	$wp_settings_sections[ $page ][ $id ] = $section;
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
6.1.0 Added an $args parameter for the section's HTML wrapper and class name.
2.7.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Navarro —

    Description of $page parameter may be misleading. It can be interpreted as if needs to be the slug name of the admin page created through add_submenu_page() or one of its wrappers (such as add_theme_page() or add_plugins_page()). Instead, it only needs to be a slug-formatted name used by add_settings_field() and do_settings_sections().

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    Contributed by Ivan Shulev —

    Example usage
    The callback function receives a single optional argument, which is an array with three elements.

    add_settings_section(
	'eg_setting_section',
	__( 'Example settings section in reading', 'textdomain' ),
	'wpdocs_setting_section_callback_function',
	'reading'
);

/**
 * Settings section display callback.
 *
 * @param array $args Display arguments.
 */ 
function wpdocs_setting_section_callback_function( $args ) {
	// echo section intro text here
	echo '<p>id: ' . esc_html( $args['id'] ) . '</p>';                         // id: eg_setting_section
	echo '<p>title: ' . apply_filters( 'the_title', $args['title'] ) . '</p>'; // title: Example settings section in reading
	echo '<p>callback: ' . esc_html( $args['callback'] ) . '</p>';             // callback: eg_setting_section_callback_function
}
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    Contributed by Dhaval Kasavala —

    Example add_settings_section with php class 

    class custom_setting {

	function __construct() {
		/**
		 * register wp_setting_init to the admin_init action hook
		 */
		add_action('admin_init', array($this,'wp_setting_init'));		
	}

	function wp_setting_init() {
	    // register a new setting for "reading" page
	    register_setting('reading', 'page_limit');
	 
	    // register a new section in the "reading" page
	    add_settings_section(
	        'wp_custom_setting_section',
	        'WP Custom Setting Section',
	        array($this,'wp_custom_setting_section_cb'),
	        'reading'
	    );
	}
	 
	/**
	 * callback functions
	 */
	 
	// section content cb
	function wp_custom_setting_section_cb() {
	    esc_html_e('Page limit is 10','text-domain');
	}
 
}

new custom_setting();

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