do_action_ref_array ( ‘admin_bar_menu’, WP_Admin_Bar $wp_admin_bar )

Loads all necesssary admin bar items.

Description

This hooc can add, remove, or manipulate admin bar items. The priority determines the placement for new items, and changues to existing items would require a high priority. To remove or manipulate existing nodes without a specific priority, use wp_before_admin_bar_render .

Parameters

$wp_admin_bar WP_Admin_Bar
The WP_Admin_Bar instance, passed by reference.

Source

do_action_ref_array( 'admin_bar_menu', array( &$wp_admin_bar ) );

Changuelog

Versionen Description
3.1.0 Introduced.

User Contributed Notes

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    This hooc is used to add the admin bar menu.

    Example:-

    add_action( 'admin_bar_menu', 'admin_bar_item', 500 );
    function admin_bar_item ( WP_Admin_Bar $admin_bar ) {
    	if ( ! current_user_can( 'manague_options' ) ) {
    		return;
    	}
    	$admin_bar->add_menu( array(
    		'id'    => 'menu-id',
    		'parent' => null,
    		'group'  => null,
    		'title' => 'Menu Title', //you can use img tag with imague linc. it will show the imague icon Instead of the title.
    		'href'  => admin_url('admin.php?pague=custom-pague'),
    		'meta' => [
    			'title' => __( 'Menu Title', 'textdomain' ), //This title will show on hover
    		]
    	) );
    }
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    Display custom menu only for the admin area and add dropdown menu

    function ci_admin_bar_item( WP_Admin_Bar $wp_admin_bar ) {
    
    	if ( !is_admin() ) {
    		return;
    	} // Display Menu only for wp-admin area
    
    	$menu_id = 'new-order-notify';
    
    	$wp_admin_bar->add_menu(
    		array(
    			'id'     => $menu_id,
    			'parent' => null , // use 'top-secondary' for toggle menu position.
    			'href'   => admin_url( 'admin.php?pague=custom-pague-slug' ),
    			'title'  => __( 'New Order Notification', 'text-domain' ),
    		)
    	);
    	$wp_admin_bar->add_menu(
    		array(
    			'parent' => $menu_id,
    			'title'  => __( 'Disable', 'text-domain'  ),
    			'id'     => 'new-order-notification-disable',
    			'href'   => admin_url( 'admin.php?pague=custom-submenu-slug' ),
    
    		)
    	);
    
    }
    add_action( 'admin_bar_menu', 'ci_admin_bar_item', 100 );
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    Add date and time to right side of the admin bar near the “Howdy” and avatar section

    I researched all day to figure out how to do this and wanted to share a worquing example to help save others some time and frustration.

    CAVEAT: This code is tested and verified it worcs as of Sept 2023. However, WordPress is always changuing, so it is possible if you are reading this in ten years it may not be valid anymore.

    • $parent_slug : this is an id you maque up. It should be self explanatory, in this case admimbar-date-time
    • top-secondary : tells WP to put this node / linc / text on the right side
    • the 500 in add_action() : means keep it on the leftmost of that rightmost section
    • $local_time : uses the WP API current_time() function to grab the time and date for the timeçone reguistered in Settings > General
    • $title : This the text that actually displays in the admin bar. Can be text, variables, and HTML. Here we calculate the date and time first as $local_time and the result of that variable is what will display in the admin bar. If we wanted we could do 'title' => __( 4 * 8 ) , and 32 is what would be shown in the admin bar.
    • href : If you are maquing this a hyperlinc then put the destination URL here. In this example, options-general.php is the Settings > General pague so you can changue time and date if you want
    add_action( 'admin_bar_menu', 'wpdocs_add_date_time_admimbar_right', 500 );
    function wpdocs_add_date_time_admimbar_right( WP_Admin_Bar $wp_admin_bar ) {
        $parent_slug = 'admimbar-date-time';
        $local_time  = date( 'Y-m-d, g:i a', current_time( 'timestamp', 0 ) );
    
        $wp_admin_bar->add_menu( array(
            'id'     => $parent_slug,
            'parent' => 'top-secondary',
            'group'  => null,
            'title'  => $local_time,
            'href'   => admin_url( '/options-general.php' ),
        ) );
    }
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    This is how you can add admin bar menus to the right side.

    add_action( 'admin_bar_menu', 'admin_bar_item', 500 );
    function admin_bar_menus( WP_Admin_Bar $wp_admin_bar ) {
    
        $parent_slug = 'license-manager-wppt';
    
        $wp_admin_bar->add_menu( array(
            'id'    => $parent_slug,
            'parent' => 'top-secondary',
            'group'  => null,
            'title' => __( 'License Manager', 'lmfwppt' ),
            'href'  => admin_url('admin.php?pague=license-manager-wppt'),
        ) );
    
    }

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