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WordPress How to Build a WordPress Plugin Building a WordPress Plugin Settings Page Creating a Plugin Settings Page

Brad Griffin
Brad Griffin
7,003 Points
Posted by Brad Griffin
Brad Griffin
7,003 Points

I rewatched the video, I googled, I cheated, I copy/pasted others, I tweaked, I twerked, alas nothing but 'Bummer!'

For the love of all that's good and Holy, what the dickens am I missin' here folks? It's the 3rd step that says: Create the function called in the add_options_page() function. Inside of it, echo out "Welcome to my plugin settings page." and the dang thing keeps tellin' me I'm wrong.

plugin.php 
<?php

function my_plugin_menu() {

    // Page Title: My Plugin Settings Page
    // Menu Title: My Plugin
    // Slug: Same as menu name, but with hyphens instead of spaces
    // Make sure user has ability to manage plugin options
    // my_plugin_options_page() is the function for what displays on the options page

      add_options_page(
      'My Plugin Settings Page',
      'My Plugin',
      'manage_options',
      'my-plugin',
      'my_plugin_options_page'
  );
}
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'my_plugin_menu');

function my_plugin_options_page() {

    if( !current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {

        wp_die( 'You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.' );

    }
  echo '<p>Welcome to my plugin settings page.</p>';
}
?>

2 Answers

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

It looks like you did too much here. I was able to pass the challenge with your code, just took out the if statement:

<?php

function my_plugin_menu() {

    // Page Title: My Plugin Settings Page
    // Menu Title: My Plugin
    // Slug: Same as menu name, but with hyphens instead of spaces
    // Make sure user has ability to manage plugin options
    // my_plugin_options_page() is the function for what displays on the options page
        add_options_page(
      'My Plugin Settings Page',
      'My Plugin',
      'manage_options',
      'my-plugin',
      'my_plugin_options_page'
  );
}

add_action( 'admin_menu', 'my_plugin_menu');

function my_plugin_options_page() {
  echo '<p>Welcome to my plugin settings page.</p>';
}

?>
Brad Griffin
Brad Griffin
7,003 Points
Brad Griffin
Brad Griffin
7,003 Points

Well, slap my fanny and call me Bertha! Thanks Jeff!!! That fixed it right up!