Custom options page with (custom post-type) child menu shows top level menu item

• noknokcody

• April 20, 2020 at 4:34 pm

I have the following options page.

function noknok_wmp_add_options_page() {
    acf_add_options_page( [
        'page_title'    => __( 'NOKNOK Woocommerce Marketing Platform Settings', NOKNOK_WMP_TEXT_DOMAIN ),
        'menu_title'    => __( 'NOKNOK WMP', NOKNOK_WMP_TEXT_DOMAIN ),
        'update_button' => __( 'Save & Sync', NOKNOK_WMP_TEXT_DOMAIN ),
        'menu_slug'     => 'noknok-wmp-settings',
        'redirect'      => false,
        'capability'    => 'edit_posts',
        'position'      => '3',
        'icon_url'     => NOKNOK_WMP_URL . '/assets/image/icon.png'
    ] );
}

add_action( 'acf/init', 'noknok_wmp_add_options_page' );

And the following custom post type which I wish to be a sub-menu item of this navigation.

        register_post_type( self::ROLE_PROFILE_POST_TYPE, [
            'labels'        => $labels = array_merge(
                noknok_wmp_post_type_labels( 'Mailerlite Role Sync Profile', 'Mailerlite Role Sync Profiles' ), [
                    'menu_name' => 'Role Profiles',
                    'menu_admin_bar' => 'Role Profiles',
                    'all_items' => 'Role Profiles'
                ]
            ),
            'description'   => "Adds support for Customer Surveys that can be embedded on pages using shortcodes",
            'public'        => false,
            'hierarchical'  => true,
            'exclude_from_search' => true,
            'publicly_queryable'  => false,
            'show_ui'       => true,
            'show_in_menu'  => 'noknok-wmp-settings',
            "show_in_nav_menus" => false,
            'show_in_admin_bar' => false,
            'capability_type'   => 'page',
            'supports'     => false
        ] );

This results in the following menu structure
NOKNOK WMP -> edit.php?post_type=ml_role_profile
– Role Profiles -> edit.php?post_type=ml_role_profile

When the post type is not a sub menu item the top level navigation URL works fine although for some strange reason the moment I add a child menu of a post type it no longer functions correctly. Any help appreciated

• noknokcody

• April 20, 2020 at 4:57 pm

Kind-of fixed, WordPress will automatically assign the topmost sub-menu item as the URL for the main menu item. I fixed this by adding another settings menu as the topmost sub-menu item that redirects to the options page. It’s kinda messy but it works eh…. Open to anymore suggestions.

add_action( 'admin_menu', function() {
    array_unshift( $GLOBALS['submenu']['noknok-wmp-settings'], [
        'Settings',
        'edit_pages',
        'admin.php?page=noknok-wmp-settings'
    ]);
}, 1000 );