Add a submenu to the WordPress Dashboard
By creating a custom top bar menu, you can mix and match links the way you want.
Like adding functionality to your theme and other admin area, the directives will go in your theme's functions.php file. The code itself should be self explanatory:
function create_dwb_menu() { global $wp_admin_bar; $menu_id = 'dwb'; $wp_admin_bar->add_menu(array('id' => $menu_id, 'title' => __('DWB'), 'href' => '/')); $wp_admin_bar->add_menu(array('parent' => $menu_id, 'title' => __('Homepage'), 'id' => 'dwb-home', 'href' => '/', 'meta' => array('target' => '_blank'))); $wp_admin_bar->add_menu(array('parent' => $menu_id, 'title' => __('Drafts'), 'id' => 'dwb-drafts', 'href' => 'edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=post')); $wp_admin_bar->add_menu(array('parent' => $menu_id, 'title' => __('Pending Comments'), 'id' => 'dwb-pending', 'href' => 'edit-comments.php?comment_status=moderated')); } add_action('admin_bar_menu', 'create_dwb_menu', 2000);
Setting an id on the parent menu item allows you to use the parent key for submenu items; the rest of the keys are easy to figure out. With the menu created, you simply need to add the WordPress hook and specificity to add it!
