add_posts_page() WordPress Function

The add_posts_page() function allows you to add a new page to your WordPress site. This page can be used to display your site's posts.

add_posts_page( string $page_title, string $menu_title, string $capability, string $menu_slug, callable $callback = '', int $position = null ) #

Adds a submenu page to the Posts main menu.


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.


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Parameters

$page_title

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

$menu_title

(string)(Required)The text to be used for the menu.

$capability

(string)(Required)The capability required for this menu to be displayed to the user.

$menu_slug

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

$callback

(callable)(Optional) The function to be called to output the content for this page.

Default value: ''

$position

(int)(Optional) The position in the menu order this item should appear.

Default value: null


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Return

(string|false) The resulting page's hook_suffix, or false if the user does not have the capability required.


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More Information

  • This function is a simple wrapper for a call to add_submenu_page(), passing the received arguments and specifying ‘edit.php‘ as the $parent_slug argument. This means the new page will be added as a sub menu to the Posts menu.
  • The $capability parameter is used to determine whether or not the page is included in the menu based on the Roles and Capabilities) of the current user.
  • The function handling the output of the options page should also verify the user’s capabilities.
  • If you’re running into the »You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.« message in a `wp_die()` screen, then you’ve hooked too early. The hook, you should use is `admin_menu`.

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Source

File: wp-admin/includes/plugin.php

function add_posts_page( $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $callback = '', $position = null ) {
	return add_submenu_page( 'edit.php', $page_title, $menu_title, $capability, $menu_slug, $callback, $position );
}


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Changelog

Changelog
VersionDescription
5.3.0Added the $position parameter.
2.7.0Introduced.

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