Remove some menus in WordPress

Jeremy Lebre · 08-04-2012, 07:36 PM

You can remove some menus of the WordPress interface by adding
the following code to the functions.php file of your theme:

PHP Code:

  function remove_menu() {
global $menu;
unset($menu[2]); /* remove the menu "Dashboard" */
unset($menu[5]); /* remove the menu "Posts" */
unset($menu[10]); /* remove the menu "Medias" */
unset($menu[15]); /* remove the menu "Links" */
unset($menu[20]); /* remove the menu "Pages" */
unset($menu[25]); /* remove the menu "Comments" */
unset($menu[60]); /* remove the menu "Appearance" */
unset($menu[65]); /* remove the menu "Plugins" */
unset($menu[70]); /* remove the menu "Users" */
unset($menu[75]); /* remove the menu "Tools" */
unset($menu[80]); /* remove the menu "Settings" */
}

add_action('admin_head', 'remove_menu');

If you prefer to keep one of these menus, simply delete the
corresponding line of code.

caballus · 08-04-2012, 07:40 PM

can we remove specific menus for specific roles?

Jeremy Lebre · 08-04-2012, 08:00 PM

Yes, like this:

PHP Code:

  function remove_menu() {
global menu;
if (!current_user_can('manage_options')) { unset(menu[25]); } /* remove the menu "Comments" if the user is not an admin */
}

add_action('admin_head', 'remove_menu');

Add a $ just before menu.

Altin · 08-05-2012, 08:12 PM

Isn't it bad to use specific menu id-s? What if we add or remove menus from backend? You will still need to edit the actual php code then. Now very flexible...

Jeremy Lebre · 08-05-2012, 10:19 PM

WordPress developers won't change the numeric keys of the current menus.

Azlan · 08-05-2012, 11:58 PM

Thank for this post it helps a lot

08-04-2012, 07:36 PM	#1
Jeremy Lebre WordPress Developer War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 27 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Remove some menus in WordPress You can remove some menus of the WordPress interface by adding the following code to the functions.php file of your theme: PHP Code: function remove_menu() { global $menu; unset($menu[2]); /* remove the menu "Dashboard" / unset($menu[5]); / remove the menu "Posts" / unset($menu[10]); / remove the menu "Medias" / unset($menu[15]); / remove the menu "Links" / unset($menu[20]); / remove the menu "Pages" / unset($menu[25]); / remove the menu "Comments" / unset($menu[60]); / remove the menu "Appearance" / unset($menu[65]); / remove the menu "Plugins" / unset($menu[70]); / remove the menu "Users" / unset($menu[75]); / remove the menu "Tools" / unset($menu[80]); / remove the menu "Settings" */ } add_action('admin_head', 'remove_menu'); If you prefer to keep one of these menus, simply delete the corresponding line of code.
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08-04-2012, 07:40 PM	#2
caballus Warrior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Remove some menus in WordPress can we remove specific menus for specific roles?

08-04-2012, 08:00 PM	#3
Jeremy Lebre WordPress Developer War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 27 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Remove some menus in WordPress Yes, like this: PHP Code: `function remove_menu() { global menu; if (!current_user_can('manage_options')) { unset(menu[25]); } /* remove the menu "Comments" if the user is not an admin / } add_action('admin_head', 'remove_menu');` Add a $ just before menu*.
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08-05-2012, 08:12 PM	#4
Altin Active Warrior Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Albania Posts: 70 Thanks: 25 Thanked 9 Times in 8 Posts Social Networking	Re: Remove some menus in WordPress Isn't it bad to use specific menu id-s? What if we add or remove menus from backend? You will still need to edit the actual php code then. Now very flexible...
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08-05-2012, 10:19 PM	#5
Jeremy Lebre WordPress Developer War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 27 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Remove some menus in WordPress WordPress developers won't change the numeric keys of the current menus.
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08-05-2012, 11:58 PM	#6
Azlan HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Malaysia Posts: 195 Thanks: 9 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts Contact Info	Re: Remove some menus in WordPress Thank for this post it helps a lot
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