Title: Move admin menu names
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Move admin menu names

 *  [rec19](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rec19/)
 * (@rec19)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/move-admin-menu-names/)
 * Hello
 * I have plugins installed that show up as a parent menu on the left admin menu
   that I would like to put in the Settings tab.
 * Can anyone give me an example, for instance, how you would move the comments 
   tab in the settings tab so it says:
    General Writing Reading Discussion Media
   Permalinks Comments
 * Maybe I can work out how to move things about from that example.

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/move-admin-menu-names/#post-4645555)
 * Take a look at [Administration Menus](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Menus).
   You will be removing the current menu page and adding it as a submenu page. Your
   callback to ‘admin_menu’ action must have a larger priority number than that 
   used by the plugin otherwise there will not yet be a menu to remove.
 * You’ll need to examine the plugin `add_menu_page()` code to know how to add it
   as a submenu. A rather hacky alternative exists. Examine the structure of the
   global `$menu` using `var_dump()` or `print_r()`. It may be possible to assign
   the plugin’s menu item in the array directly to the Settings menu item. Once 
   assigned, unset the original item.
 *  Thread Starter [rec19](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rec19/)
 * (@rec19)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/move-admin-menu-names/#post-4645650)
 * Thanks

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