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

Posted by Bruce Whealton
Bruce Whealton
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Why is my code for the challenge not working? This is the part where I add the plugin menu to the admin area.

The problem is on step 3. I create the function declared in step 2. The instructions do not ask me to check if the current_user_can manage options. I tried commenting that out and it says now the code in step 1 is failing. With that code included, it just says Bummer - it doesn't work. The only thing I can think is that I should have used dashes instead of underscores somewhere.

Here is the code that seems to do exactly what is requested. function my_plugin_options_page() {

if( !current_user_can('manage_options')) {
wp_die('You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page.');

}

echo '<p>Welcome to my plugin settings page.</p>'; }

What could be wrong? Thanks, Bruce

Juliette Tworsey
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Juliette Tworsey
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Juliette Tworsey
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Juliette Tworsey
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,425 Points

This is a case of the app being too picky. Technically you are correct, but you are not being expressly prompted to create anything other than the my_plugins_options_page function + the echo statement itself.

Take this part out:

if( !current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) {

        wp_die( 'You do not have suggicient permissions to access this page.' );

    }

Then it should pass. This had me stumped too:-)