Where to edit the admin menu ?

  • Resolved venug

    (@venug)


    14 years, 4 months ago

    Could any one tell me …the file to edit if I want to edit the menu names of Admin_menu and and super admin menu under dashboard?

    I want to edit the menu names site wide without using Admin-menu-editor plugin . That plugin works for only main site .But I want to edit site wide .

    I have checked for the files in wp-includes,wp-admin folders and some other files .But i didn’t find files which I need to edit .
    Thanks !

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  • Don’t hack the core.

    See if you can get the plugin running from mu-plugins so it *will* run sitewide.

    Thread Starter venug

    (@venug)

    I will check it out !
    Could you tell me If I can do it in any other way like using functions.php of theme etc. ?

    I just mentioned putting it in the mu-plugins folder.

    Here’s an explanation:
    https://wpmututorials.com/basics/what-is-the-mu-plugins-folder/

    And yes, if you put it in the functions.php file of the theme, that would probably work as well, as long as all sites were using the same theme.

    Thread Starter venug

    (@venug)

    I just mentioned putting it in the mu-plugins folder.

    You mean the “Admin-menu-editor plugin ” to put in Mu-plugins folder?

    And I am not sure if follow :

    And yes, if you put it in the functions.php file of the theme, that would probably work as well

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    1) Put the plugin file in the mu-plugins folder.

    2) Add the code to your theme’s function.php file.

    Either way will work.

    Thread Starter venug

    (@venug)

    It worked .
    Thanks to @andrea_r and @ipstenu

    Thread Starter venug

    (@venug)

    So for other plugins too which are not intended to put on mu-plugins also works network wide if we put them in mu-plugins folder ?

    Like adminimize ,theme-my-login etc?

    “Admin-menu-editor plugin ” developer says that we should move a file ” admin-menu-editor-mu.php from admin-menu-editor/includes to /wp-content/mu-plugins/”.
    I did the same thing and worked .

    Here is their notes :

    1. Download the admin-menu-editor.zip file to your computer.
    2. Unzip the file.
    3. Create a new directory named mu-plugins in your site’s wp-content directory (unless it already exists).
    4. Upload the admin-menu-editor directory to /wp-content/mu-plugins/.
    5. Move admin-menu-editor-mu.php from admin-menu-editor/includes to /wp-content/mu-plugins/.

    What should i do with other plugins if I want them to work network wide(i mean that I can put main folder of plugin in mu-plugins .But some other changes to make it work?)?

    Thanks !

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Not all plugins work in the mu folder.

    Mu stands for Must Use. It’s basically network activating a plugin for everyone, so you’ll have to experiment and test each one for mu use.

    Thread Starter venug

    (@venug)

    Thanks !

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