Adds a node (menu item) to the admin bar menu.

$node array Required

The attributes that define the node.

Initial items in the Admin Bar are($menu_id):

• my-account-with-avatar – Dashboard, User settings
• new-content – Short-cut to all custom post types and original ones
• comments – Comments moderation
• appearance – Theme selection and Widgets

Parameter $node takes an array of arguments:

id

(string) (required) The ID of the node.

Default: false

title

(string) (optional) The text that will be visible in the Toolbar. Including html tags is allowed.

Default: false

parent

(string) (optional) The ID of the parent node.

Default: false

href

(string) (optional) The ‘href’ attribute for the link. If ‘href’ is not set the node will be a text node.

Default: false

group

(boolean) (optional) This will make the node a group (node) if set to ‘true’. Group nodes are not visible in the Toolbar, but nodes added to it are. See add_group().

Default: false

meta

(array) (optional) An array of meta data for the node.

Default: array()

• ‘html’ – The html used for the node.
• ‘class’ – The class attribute for the list item containing the link or text node.
• ‘rel’ – The rel attribute.
• ‘onclick’ – The onclick attribute for the link. This will only be set if the ‘href’ argument is present.
• ‘target’ – The target attribute for the link. This will only be set if the ‘href’ argument is present.
• ‘title’ – The title attribute. Will be set to the link or to a div containing a text node.
• ‘tabindex’ – The tabindex attribute. Will be set to the link or to a div containing a text node.

File: wp-includes/class-wp-admin-bar.php. View all references

public function add_menu( $node ) {
	$this->add_node( $node );
}