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

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# wp_widgets_add_menu()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_widgets_add_menu/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_widgets_add_menu/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_widgets_add_menu/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Appends the Widgets menu to the themes main menu.

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

    ```php
    function wp_widgets_add_menu() {
    	global $submenu;

    	if ( ! current_theme_supports( 'widgets' ) ) {
    		return;
    	}

    	$menu_name = __( 'Widgets' );
    	if ( wp_is_block_theme() ) {
    		$submenu['themes.php'][] = array( $menu_name, 'edit_theme_options', 'widgets.php' );
    	} else {
    		$submenu['themes.php'][8] = array( $menu_name, 'edit_theme_options', 'widgets.php' );
    	}

    	ksort( $submenu['themes.php'], SORT_NUMERIC );
    }
    ```

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

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

Returns whether the active theme is a block-based theme or not.

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

Checks a theme’s support for a given feature.

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| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [5.9.3](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/5.9.3/) | Don’t specify menu order when the active theme is a block theme. | 
| [2.2.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.2.0/) | Introduced. |

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