Using add_menu_page and add_submenu_page is generally used for adding pages to the dashboard to serve a specific purpose, such as accessing the options page for a plugin settings. Using them is unnecessary, however, if your intentions are to add/edit posts/tags/categories to a custom post type (CPT). When a CPT is correctly registered, with it’s corresponding taxonomies, the Dashboard will display these menu options in the sidebar by default based on the conditions set in the $args when registering the cpt/tax.
Following is the code for creating a custom post type called “store_product”, using a hierarchical organization structure for an associated taxonomy called “product_category”. Note that hierarchical taxonomies are similar to categories – organized as a tree, with parent/child/sibling taxonomies, whereas non-hierarchial use a tag-like structure. You will want to replace all of the current code shown in your screenshot with the following.
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/*
Setup Custom Post Type "store_product"
========================================================================== */
function dm_create_online_store_post_type() {
$labels = array(
'name' => 'Products',
'singular_name' => 'Product',
'menu_name' => 'Online Store',
'parent_item_colon' => 'Parent Product:',
'all_items' => 'All Products',
'view_item' => 'View Product',
'add_new_item' => 'Add New Product',
'add_new' => 'Add New',
'edit_item' => 'Edit Product',
'update_item' => 'Update Product',
'search_items' => 'Search Products',
'not_found' => 'Not found',
'not_found_in_trash' => 'Not found in Trash',
);
$rewrite = array(
'slug' => 'product', // http://your-domain.com/product/product-name/
'with_front' => true,
'pages' => true, // Allow pagination
'feeds' => true,
);
$args = array(
'label' => 'store_product',
'description' => 'Online Store',
'labels' => $labels, // This just pulls from the previous array of labels
'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'thumbnail', ), // Fields available on the add/edit screen
'taxonomies' => array( 'product_category' ), // Referencing the taxonomy, created in next section, to replace the default categories
'hierarchical' => true, // If true, structure would be like pages. If false, it's like posts.
'public' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'show_in_menu' => true, // This tells it to show up in your admin menu
'show_in_nav_menus' => true,
'show_in_admin_bar' => true,
'menu_position' => 5, // Position in admin menu
'menu_icon' => 'http://', // Change this to the location of your icon
'can_export' => true,
'has_archive' => true,
'exclude_from_search' => false,
'publicly_queryable' => true,
'rewrite' => $rewrite,
'capability_type' => 'post',
);
register_post_type( 'store_product', $args ); // Now that everything is setup, register it.
}
add_action( 'init', 'dm_create_online_store_post_type', 0 ); // Necessary to actually run the above function
/*
Setup Custom Taxonomy "product_category" for use with above post type
========================================================================== */
function dm_create_online_store_product_categories() {
$labels = array(
'name' => 'Product Categories',
'singular_name' => 'Product Category',
'menu_name' => 'Product Categories',
'all_items' => 'All Categories',
'parent_item' => 'Parent Category',
'parent_item_colon' => 'Parent Category:',
'new_item_name' => 'New Category Name',
'add_new_item' => 'Add New Category',
'edit_item' => 'Edit Category',
'update_item' => 'Update Category',
'separate_items_with_commas' => 'Separate categories with commas',
'search_items' => 'Search categories',
'add_or_remove_items' => 'Add or remove categories',
'choose_from_most_used' => 'Choose from the most used categories',
'not_found' => 'Not Found',
);
$rewrite = array(
'slug' => 'product-category', // http://your-domain.com/product-category/product-category-name
'with_front' => true,
'hierarchical' => true,
);
$args = array(
'labels' => $labels,
'hierarchical' => true, // If true, they act like categories. If false, like tags.
'public' => true,
'show_ui' => true,
'show_admin_column' => true,
'show_in_nav_menus' => true,
'show_tagcloud' => true,
'rewrite' => $rewrite,
);
register_taxonomy( 'product_category', array( 'store_product' ), $args ); // Register it to our post type
}
add_action( 'init', 'dm_create_online_store_product_categories', 0 ); // Necessary to actually run the above function
The result, as shown in the dashboard screen, appears as such:
A look at Appearance / Menus will show “Products” and “Product Categories”, just like it was showing “Genres/Authors” before (if you don’t see it, open the “Screen Options” tab in the top right, and make sure they are checked).
To populate them, simply add a product category, and a product – assigning that product to the category, like so:
Looking back at your menus screen in the dashboard, you should see both listed:
