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WordPress How to Build a WordPress Plugin Building a WordPress Plugin Settings Page Creating a Plugin Settings Page

Posted by Courtney Clark
Courtney Clark
12,270 Points

function add_options_page() { echo 'Welcome to my plugin settings page'; } I have also tried the if and wp_die

It keeps telling me I am wrong when I can't find the mistake.

plugin.php 
<?php

function my_plugin_menu() {

    // Page Title: My Plugin Settings Page
    // Menu Title: My Plugin
    // Slug: Same as menu name, but with hyphens instead of spaces
    // Make sure user has ability to manage plugin options
    // my_plugin_options_page() is the function for what displays on the options page

    add_options_page(
    'My Plugin Settings Page',
    'My Plugin',
    'manage_options',
    'my-plugin',
    'my_plugin_options_page'
  );

}

add_action( 'admin_menu', 'my_plugin_menu');

function add_options_page() {
  echo 'Welcome to my plugin settings page'; 
}

?>

1 Answer

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points
Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi,

It might be the way it's worded but it is asking you to create the function that is named in the add_options_page function, which is this part:

add_options_page(
    'My Plugin Settings Page',
    'My Plugin',
    'manage_options',
    'my-plugin',
    'my_plugin_options_page'
  );

The function name in here is this line:

'my_plugin_options_page'

So you just need to change:

function add_options_page() {
  echo 'Welcome to my plugin settings page'; 
}

to:

function my_plugin_options_page() {
  echo 'Welcome to my plugin settings page'; 
}

Hope that helps.

-Rich

Michael Sneed
Michael Sneed
2,381 Points
Michael Sneed
Michael Sneed
2,381 Points

Thanks Rich for that one.. I was adding the wp_die part of it and wasn't echo-ing out the statement "inside" of the function's curly braces... when I put your code in and took out the wp_die it worked perfectly!

Cheers! Michael