[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39050: New Core Admin Menu Functions -- `add_menu_link` and `add_submenu_link`

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#39050: New Core Admin Menu Functions -- `add_menu_link` and `add_submenu_link`
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 Reporter:  georgestephanis  |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration   |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:  has-patch
  Focuses:                   |
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 Currently if a plugin would like to add admin menu links that go to a url,
 instead of a registered admin page, there are only two options:

 Option 1: Register a dummy admin page, and add an action that sets up a
 `wp_redirect` on load.
 Option 2: Mess with the menu globals directly.

 Neither of these is a particularly good option, and encouraging messing
 with globals directly feels bad.

 To that end, this will let folks add admin menu links -- whether to plugin
 support forums, to the customizer even (there is no good way to add deep
 links to the customizer currently), and the like.

 Is this something we'd like to support?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/39050>
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