Trying to add an Options Subpage to an Options Page defined by another plugin

• nickysix

• April 12, 2021 at 2:29 am

I’m struggling to get the Options Menu settings to work for me.

I’m adding an Options Menu via acf_add_options_page() in a plugin that I’m treating as a “parent” plugin that has some global settings and functionality for a multisite network of sites…

if (function_exists('acf_add_options_page')) {
   acf_add_options_page(
      array(
         'page_title' => 'Geauga Connected Dashboard',
         'menu_title' => 'Geauga Connected',
         'menu_slug'  => 'geauga-connected-dashboard',
         'capability' => 'edit_posts',
         'redirect'   => false,
         'position'   => 2,
      )
   );
}

What I want to do is use acf_add_options_sub_page() within other plugins to add submenus to the “parent” plugin’s Options Page…

if (function_exists('acf_add_options_sub_page')) {
   acf_add_options_sub_page(
      array(
         'page_title'  => 'Alert Bar Settings',
         'menu_title'  => 'Alert Bar',
         'parent_slug' => 'geauga-connected-dashboard',
         'capability'  => 'manage_options',
         'menu_slug'   => 'alert-bar-settings',
         'position'    => 10,
      )
   );
}

No matter what I’ve tried, I cannot get the submenu to display at all. I’ve messed with the hook priority settings, ie. loading the “parent” plugin’s acf/init hook before the other plugin’s acf/init hook, but the submenu is not being added.

• John Huebner

• April 12, 2021 at 9:43 pm

Are you saying that the plugin is already using ACF and that the first code that you supplied is how that plugin is adding the options page?

• nickysix

• April 12, 2021 at 10:54 pm

@hube2 Yes, the first code block is how the main plugin is adding the Options Page – sorry for the confusion.

• John Huebner

• April 13, 2021 at 10:15 pm

The only thing that I can think of is that the sub page code is being called before the parent page is added. I would wrap the code in acf/init actions so that I could control the order they are run by setting priority.