Title: Plugin Removes Menu Items
Last modified: September 10, 2023

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# Plugin Removes Menu Items

 *  Resolved [meir321](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meir321/)
 * (@meir321)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-removes-menu-items/)
 * Hi, the plugin removes menu items from wp-admin even if they were not excluded
   from backend. I had multiple items removed before I disabled the plugin and the
   only way to get them back was by disabling the plugin,
 * Please advise, thank you

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 *  Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/)
 * (@giuse)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-removes-menu-items/#post-17039441)
 * Hi [@meir321](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meir321/)
 * If you disable some plugins in Freesoul Deactivate Plugins => Backend => Backend
   SIngles, when all works right it happens this:
    - FDP rebuilds the admin menu and save it to its internal cache
    - Every time you visit a backend page, FDP will show you the admin menu taken
      from its internal cache. This is to avoid showing an admin menu that misses
      the menu items that were added by the disabled plugins
 * From your words, It looks like when FDP built the admin menu and saved it to 
   its internal cache some menu items were missing.
 * First, let’s see if deleting the FDP internal cache the issue is solved.
   I suggest
   you try to activate again FDP. By doing that FDP will build again the admin menu,
   because its internal cache is cleared when you deactivate it.
 * If you still have the same issue, try to add this line of code to the file wp-
   config.php before the comment /* That’s all, stop editing! Happy publishing. */:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       define( 'FDP_SHOW_ADMIN_MENU_DISABLED_PLUGINS', false );
       ```
   
 * By doing that, FDP will not show the admin menu taking it from its internal cache,
   but the admin menu will be created on the fly as usually done by the core of 
   WordPress. This means that where you have disabled some plugins, the admin menu
   items added by those plugins will be not shown.
   In this case, can you see the
   menu items of the active plugins?
 * As a side note, if the admin menu taken from the cache of FDP has some wrong 
   links, this may be caused by the plugins that adds those links, and it happens
   when those plugins don’t add the menu items in a standard way. If this is also
   you case, please, give me the list of the menu items and the related plugins 
   that add those items, so I can test them on my testing installation.
 * I hope it helps.
 * Have a great day!
 * Jose
 *  Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/)
 * (@giuse)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-removes-menu-items/#post-17039572)
 * Hi [@meir321](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meir321/)
 * again me. I was able to reproduce the same issue after installing Advanced Local
   Pickup For WooCommerce.
 * If you have a staging environment you can try the new release candidate version
   v. 2.0.1.RC-1 which you can download here: [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/freesoul-deactivate-plugins.2.0.1.RC-1.zip](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/freesoul-deactivate-plugins.2.0.1.RC-1.zip)
 * It fixed the issue in my case.
 * If you want to wait for the official release take into account 3-4 days.
   If you
   prefer the official release as a temporary solution I suggest you the line of
   code mentioned in my previous comment, but you will miss all those admin menu
   items that are added by the plugins disabled in the backend.
 * If you test v. 2.0.1.RC-1 remember to do one of the following actions to update
   the FDP internal cache that stores the admin menu:
    - Upload the new version from the page of plugins
    - Deactivate and reactivate FDP if you update it via FTP
    - Change some options in Freesoul Deactivate Plugins => Backend Singles and 
      then save if you update FDP via FTP
 * Have a great day!
 * Jose
    -  This reply was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/).
 *  Thread Starter [meir321](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meir321/)
 * (@meir321)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-removes-menu-items/#post-17042105)
 * Hi, thanks for the quick response and fix! I will rather wait for the official
   update.
 * Thank you!
 *  Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/)
 * (@giuse)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-removes-menu-items/#post-17053329)
 * Hi [@meir321](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meir321/)
 * the new version 2.1.0 is public now. Please, update the plugin and let me know
   if you still have the same issue.
 * Have a great day!
 * Jose
 *  Thread Starter [meir321](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meir321/)
 * (@meir321)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-removes-menu-items/#post-17054251)
 * Hi, looks good now, thanks for the quick fix!
 *  Plugin Author [Jose Mortellaro](https://wordpress.org/support/users/giuse/)
 * (@giuse)
 * [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-removes-menu-items/#post-17054347)
 * Many thanks to you [@meir321](https://wordpress.org/support/users/meir321/) !
 * Have a great day!

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 * Last activity: [2 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-removes-menu-items/#post-17054347)
 * Status: resolved