Run functions only in the admin area?
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16-10-2019 - |
Question
I'd like this code to only run inside the admin area as it is resorting the items on the public side admin bar too.
/* Reorder Admin Menu to put "Pages" at the top */
function menu_order_filter($menu) {
$content_menu = array('edit.php?post_type=page');
array_splice($menu, 2, 0, $content_menu);
return array_unique($menu);
}
add_filter('custom_menu_order', create_function('', 'return true;'));
add_filter('menu_order', 'menu_order_filter');
Solution
There is very little overhead to assigning couple of filters on hooks that simply won't fire on front end.
In general it would be something like this:
add_action('init', 'admin_only');
function admin_only() {
if( !is_admin() )
return;
// filter assignemnts and such go here
}
Also create_function()
is not recommended for performance and some other reasons. It is better to use more modern Anonymous Functions, but for cases like this WordPress provides ready-made __return_true()
function.
OTHER TIPS
use the Hook admin_init and later hooks, the init-Hook comes realy ealier as only the admin. But it is important, when you use li18n-functions or AJAX, than it is better you use init.
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_admin
if ( ! is_admin() ) {
echo "You are viewing the theme";
} else {
echo "You are viewing the WordPress Administration Panels";
}