[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16204: Add hooks to enable access to pages in the admin when the menu layout has been changed by plugin

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#16204: Add hooks to enable access to pages in the admin when the menu layout has
been changed by plugin
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 Reporter:  mikeschinkel    |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |    Version:  3.1
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:  has-patch
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 This patch and ticket is a follow on to tickets #16048 and #16050 and
 indirectly related to this discussion on hackers:
 http://lists.automattic.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2011-January/037129.html

 This patch simply adds the following hooks, all within /wp-
 admin/includes/plugin.php.

  - menu_page_url
  - admin_page_parent
  - admin_page_title
  - plugin_page_hookname
  - user_can_access_admin_page

 The patch does not attempt to unravel the many early exits of the various
 functions instead it simply redundantly adds the hooks at each exit point.
 As such it's backward compatibility can be reviewed simply by viewing the
 code.

 The use-case for this patch is when the menus are not exactly in the
 format expected by WordPress (but instead desired by the client) it can
 sometimes take hours of trial and error to get the permissions to allow
 users access to the menus they should be allowed access to.

 For example, if the first submenu page for a menu page is removed from the
 menu, even when it makes logical sense to the user WordPress currently
 does not allow that menu option to be viewed. These hooks would give
 plugin developers the ability to modify the menus and still enable users
 access to the pages they need access to.

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16204>
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