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

Zander Curtis
Zander Curtis
10,634 Points
Posted by Zander Curtis
Zander Curtis
10,634 Points

What's wrong with this code?

Hey treehouse community, can't figure out what's wrong here. :-(

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

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Zander,

The challenges can get quite specific. It looks to be simply that you're providing more than what the challenge is asking for. If you alter the my_plugin_options_page function that should do it:

<?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 'Welcome to my plugin settings page.';
}

?>

Hope that helps :)

-Rich

Zander Curtis
Zander Curtis
10,634 Points
Zander Curtis
Zander Curtis
10,634 Points

Worked perfect. Thanks so much for your contributions to the Treehouse Community. Let's go change the world!

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

No problem! Glad you got it sorted :)

-Rich