Adding a link to the settings of a WordPress plugin

Learn in this tutorial how to add a link to a plugin’s settings in the plugin management page.

I don’t know if it happens to you too, but with some plugins I never remember where I have to go to modify their settings (own panel, inside general settings…)

That’s why I often go to the plugin management page and look for the “Settings” link.

This is why I think that if you are going to create a plugin that has a settings page it is a good idea to include this option.

So in this tutorial you are going to see how to do it.

Snippet to add a link to the plugin settings in WordPress

Add the following snippet to the main file (or the one of your choice) of the plugin:

As you can see, in this case you use a namespace to avoid collisions with function names. That is why we define it at the beginning.

To add the link you use the plugin_action_links_{$plugin_file} filter. In this case the name is plugin_action_links_osom-login-page-customizer/osom-login-customizer.php where:

• osom-login-page-customizer > is the name of the plugin folder
• osom-login-customizer.php > is the name of the plugin’s main file

Next you define which URL the settings link will direct to. In this case, the plugin has defined the osom_lc_main_menu page. That is, the link will go to the path /wp-admin/admin.php?page=osom_lc_main_menu.

This is the part that you must replace with the page where you have defined the settings of your plugin.

Conclusions

Now you know how to add a link to the settings of a plugin in WordPress.

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