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WP Admin Sidebar Enhancements
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Admin.scss
#adminmenu {
li.wp-menu-separator {
height: 16px;
margin: 0 0 17px;
display: block;
border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(#000, 0.85);
box-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(#fff, 0.06);
}
}
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AdminMenu.php
<?php
/**
* Reorder admin sidebar items
*
* @param array<string> $menu_items : Array of menu items.
* @return array<string> reordered array of menu items.
*/
function reorderAdminMenu( array $menu_items ): array
{
$menu = [
'top' => [],
'posts' => [],
'secondary' => [],
'woocommerce' => [],
'elementor' => [],
'bottom' => [],
'last' => [],
];
$priority_posts = [
'edit.php',
'edit.php?post_type=page',
'nestedpages',
'upload.php',
'edit-comments.php',
'gf_edit_forms',
];
foreach ( $priority_posts as $post_item ) {
if ( in_array( $post_item , $menu_items ) ) {
$menu['posts'][] = $post_item ;
unset( $menu_items[array_search( $post_item , $menu_items )] );
}
}
foreach ( $menu_items as $menu_item ) {
switch ( true ) {
case in_array(
$menu_item,
[
'jetpack',
'genesis',
'edit.php?post_type=fl-builder-template',
'edit.php?post_type=acf-field-group',
'googlesitekit-dashboard',
'yith_plugin_panel',
'spectra',
'instantcss',
'astra',
'edit.php?post_type=custom-css-js',
'edit.php?post_type=pgc_simply_gallery',
'greenshift_dashboard',
'edit.php?post_type=wp_block'
],
true
):
$menu['last'][] = $menu_item;
break;
case in_array(
$menu_item,
[
'edit.php?post_type=product',
'woocommerce',
'wc-admin&path=/analytics/revenue',
'woocommerce-marketing',
'wc-admin&path=/analytics/overview',
'kadence-shop-kit-settings',
],
true,
):
$menu['woocommerce'][] = $menu_item;
break;
case 'separator-woocommerce' === $menu_item:
array_unshift( $menu['woocommerce'], $menu_item );
break;
case in_array(
$menu_item,
[
'index.php',
'separator1',
'video-user-manuals/plugin.php',
],
true
):
$menu['top'][] = $menu_item;
break;
case in_array(
$menu_item,
[
'edit.php?post_type=elementor_library',
'separator-elementor',
'elementor',
],
true,
):
$menu['elementor'][] = $menu_item;
break;
case str_contains( $menu_item, 'edit.php' )
|| str_contains( $menu_item, 'upload.php' )
|| str_contains( $menu_item, 'edit-comments.php' )
|| str_contains( $menu_item, 'nestedpages' ):
$menu['posts'][] = $menu_item;
break;
case in_array(
$menu_item,
[
'upload.php',
'gf_edit_forms',
'edit-comments.php',
],
true
):
$menu['bottom'][] = $menu_item;
break;
default:
$menu['bottom'][] = $menu_item;
break;
}
}
return array_reduce(
$menu,
function ( $combined, $current ) {
return array_merge( $combined, $current );
},
[]
);
}
add_filter( 'menu_order', 'reorderAdminMenu', 9999999999 );
/**
* Rename admin sidebar items
*
* Rename "posts" to "blog"
*
* Ignore phpcs errors because we're modifying global variables. There is no
* way to do this without modifying global variables.
*
* @return void
*/
public function renameMenuItems(): void
{
global $menu; // phpcs:ignoreFile
global $submenu; // phpcs:ignoreFile
$menu[5][0] = 'Blog';
$submenu['edit.php'][5][0] = 'Blog Posts';
$submenu['edit.php'][10][0] = 'Add Blog Post';
}
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'renameMenuItems' );
add_filter( 'custom_menu_order', '__return_true' );
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