Using WordPress ‘menu_page_url()’ PHP function

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The menu_page_url() WordPress PHP function retrieves the URL to access a particular menu page based on the slug it was registered with.

Usage

menu_page_url('your-menu-slug', false);

Parameters

  • $menu_slug (string): The slug name to refer to this menu by (should be unique for this menu).
  • $display (bool): Optional. Whether or not to display the URL. Default: true.

More information

See WordPress Developer Resources: menu_page_url

Examples

Retrieve a menu page URL

This code retrieves the URL for the menu page with the slug ‘my-settings-page’ and stores it in the $menu_page_url variable.

$menu_page_url = menu_page_url('my-settings-page', false);

Redirect to a menu page

This code retrieves the URL for the menu page with the slug ‘my-settings-page’ and redirects the user to that page.

wp_redirect(menu_page_url('my-settings-page', false));
exit;

Create a link to a menu page in the admin area

This code generates an HTML link to the menu page with the slug ‘my-settings-page’.

echo '<a href="' . menu_page_url('my-settings-page', false) . '">My Settings Page</a>';

Conditional display of a menu page link

This code checks if the menu page with the slug ‘my-settings-page’ exists, and if so, displays a link to it.

if (menu_page_url('my-settings-page', false)) {
    echo '<a href="' . menu_page_url('my-settings-page', false) . '">My Settings Page</a>';
}

Create a link to a menu page in a plugin

This code creates a link to the menu page with the slug ‘my-settings-page’ within a plugin’s settings page.

function my_plugin_settings_page() {
    echo '<h2>My Plugin Settings</h2>';
    echo '<a href="' . menu_page_url('my-settings-page', false) . '">Go to My Settings Page</a>';
}