Add Custom Links in 3.0 Admin Quick Nav

Are you looking for a way to customize the WordPress admin quick navigation menu including welcome message and links? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to add custom links in WordPress 3.0+ admin quick navigation.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:

add_filter( 'admin_user_info_links', 'filter_user_admin_menu' );
function filter_user_admin_menu()
{
	global $current_user;
	get_currentuserinfo();
	$links = array();
	$links[5] = sprintf( __('Sup!, %1$s'), $current_user->display_name );
	$links[6] = '<a href="users.php" title="Manage Users">Manage Users</a>';
	if ( current_user_can( 'publish_posts' ) ) $links[10] = '<a href="' . admin_url() . 'edit.php" title="">Manage Posts</a>';
	$links[14] = '<a href="profile.php" title="' . esc_attr__('Edit your profile') . '">' . __('Your Profile') . '</a>';
	$links[15] = '<a href="' . wp_logout_url() . '" title="' . esc_attr__('Log Out') . '">' . __('Log Out') . '</a>';
	return $links;
}

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly add code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

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