Title: [Plugin: Admin Menu Editor] Menu showing for disabled plugin
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Admin Menu Editor] Menu showing for disabled plugin

 *  [Agnes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agneslesagegmailcom/)
 * (@agneslesagegmailcom)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-admin-menu-editor-menu-showing-for-disabled-plugin/)
 * I am trying to set a group in the menu, that has a single item for a plugin.
   
   So I created a new menu and added the settings item as an item in this group.
   I set ‘manage options’ as permissions.
 * The problem I have is: the menu shows, even if the plugin is disabled (for some
   of them, not all…).
    I tried replace the default new menu URL with the one of
   the plugin (for ex: ‘wpdbsc_plugin_options’) but it still shows when the plugin
   is disabled.
 * Any clue?
 * I very much use this plugin, love it.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/admin-menu-editor/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/admin-menu-editor/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-admin-menu-editor-menu-showing-for-disabled-plugin/#post-3058952)
 * That’s probably a bug. The free version of Admin Menu Editor has a few known 
   issues where plugin menus that have been moved to a different submenu won’t work
   properly. This has been fixed in the Pro version.
 * A possible workaround: Try replacing the menu URL with the *full* admin page 
   URL, e.g. “[http://example.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=xyz&#8221](http://example.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=xyz&#8221);.
 *  Thread Starter [Agnes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agneslesagegmailcom/)
 * (@agneslesagegmailcom)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-admin-menu-editor-menu-showing-for-disabled-plugin/#post-3058958)
 * Thanks Janis for the suggestion…
    But the problem remains. If I put the full 
   URL, the system does not have a way to know that the plugin is disabled I guess.
 *  Plugin Author [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-admin-menu-editor-menu-showing-for-disabled-plugin/#post-3058959)
 * Well, it probably is due to the bug in the free version then. It’s not very good
   at figuring out what admin page a moved menu/a menu with a modified URL corresponds
   to, so it can’t tell that the page is no longer there.
 *  Thread Starter [Agnes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agneslesagegmailcom/)
 * (@agneslesagegmailcom)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-admin-menu-editor-menu-showing-for-disabled-plugin/#post-3058965)
 * Probably…
 * There is something to be noted here:
    – submenus DO figure out if the page is
   not accessible to a user (for the permissions are too low, or the plugoi is disbaled)
   and hides it – but menus do not A pity.

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 * Last reply from: [Agnes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/agneslesagegmailcom/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-admin-menu-editor-menu-showing-for-disabled-plugin/#post-3058965)
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