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Wordpress Dashboard Hacks - Remove Menu Items

Want to remove menu items from the Wordpress dashboard? This comes in especially handy for clients/friends/family that may be distracted by too many menu items, or just don’t have a need to use specific menu choices in the Worpress dashboard.

Simply paste the following code in the functions.php file from your theme directory:

function remove_menus () {
global $menu;
	$restricted = array(__('Dashboard'), __('Posts'), __('Media'), __('Links'), __('Pages'), __('Appearance'), __('Tools'), __('Users'), __('Settings'), __('Comments'), __('Plugins'));
	end ($menu);
	while (prev($menu)){
		$value = explode(' ',$menu[key($menu)][0]);
		if(in_array($value[0] != NULL?$value[0]:"" , $restricted)){unset($menu[key($menu)]);}
	}
} 

add_action(‘admin_menu’, ‘remove_menus’); 



This will remove all menus named in the $restricted array.
Read more at → 10 Wordpress Dashboard Hacks.