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WordPress How to Build a WordPress Theme Launching a WordPress Site Customizing the Admin Area

Posted by Cindy Bryant
Cindy Bryant
3,700 Points

WordPress Admin Panel & Theme Options Panel Plugins

My apologies in advance if this thread already exists.
Questions:

  1. ) In WordPress Development do you remove the AG Custom Menu, and/or Custom Dashboard Widget Plugins, once you have made the changes to the theme as needed, or do you leave it?
    2.) If you leave it, where does it typically reside? (meaning is the plugin still visible on the client/user end? 3.) Same for the Custom Post Types UI, and Advanced Custom Fields plugins, are those removed prior to migrating the site to WP from localhost to live site?
    Thanks!

2 Answers

Aleksej Dix
Aleksej Dix
8,087 Points
Aleksej Dix
Aleksej Dix
8,087 Points

You can hide this Post Types from the user menu

function remove_acf_menu()
{

    $admins = array( 
        'admin', 
        'johndoe'
    );

    $current_user = wp_get_current_user();

    if( !in_array( $current_user->user_login, $admins ) )
    {
        remove_menu_page('edit.php?post_type=acf');
    }

}

add_action( 'admin_menu', 'remove_acf_menu', 999 );

http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/how-to/how-to-hide-acf-menu-from-clients/

Cindy Bryant
Cindy Bryant
3,700 Points

Thank you. Moving forward, would you say this is the best practice in general?

Cindy Bryant
Cindy Bryant
3,700 Points

Thank you for this link and your time, I appreciate it. I'll be bookmarking it. So much to still figure out.

Aleksej Dix
Aleksej Dix
8,087 Points
Aleksej Dix
Aleksej Dix
8,087 Points

Well, i always hide this menus from the client.

Cindy Bryant
Cindy Bryant
3,700 Points 
    I'm going to take a few minutes to read the info in the link you provided.   Thanks for your help! :)