Title: Admin Codex Question – Load Function That’s Not A Page…
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Admin Codex Question – Load Function That’s Not A Page…

 *  [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-codex-question-load-function-thats-not-a-page/)
 * Hey,
 * I can create my plug-ins and create admin navs and basically do everything I 
   want except for one thing; I cannot load functions unless they are pages in my
   plug-in nav panel. This is a problem because I have functions that the user doesn’t
   link to directly but are still needed.
 * Imagine having a link called “Adjust Membership Settings” and sublinks to that
   would be
 * Add/Edit/Delete. Well, I don’t want to put ‘add/edit/delete’ in the nav panel,
   I just want to link to them so they load dynamically instead of having to put
   all of the functionality of those 3 functions into one page function.
 * How can I go about loading these 3 functions even if they are not pages?
 * Thanks

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 *  [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/)
 * (@t31os_)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-codex-question-load-function-thats-not-a-page/#post-1281660)
 * The easiest way is generally by example, so what i’d suggest (and what i’d do)
   is look at how other plugins do it. Quicker to download a few plugins for looking
   at then to spend hours trawling through search result after result..
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-codex-question-load-function-thats-not-a-page/#post-1281662)
 * I would lose a lot of time searching. Is there not a native way via the codex
   to just call it?
 * If page=function is how we load a function that is listed as a page, is there
   not a sure fire documented way?
 *  [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/)
 * (@t31os_)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-codex-question-load-function-thats-not-a-page/#post-1281668)
 * Possibly, i’m not really in a position to answer that question, i’m just sharing
   how i’d tackle it if i couldn’t find a documented way..
 * For what it’s worth, not all the codex pages will cover a function in depth enough
   to be of much use anyway, seeing implementation of code is usually more reliable
   in these cases.
 * You could also try the hackers mailing list, you might get a more direct answer
   there (failing others replying here).
    [http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers](http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-hackers)
 *  Thread Starter [jbh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbh/)
 * (@jbh)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-codex-question-load-function-thats-not-a-page/#post-1281690)
 * Than you. I just can’t believe something so useful, and basic, is so hard to 
   find.
 *  [Mark / t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os_/)
 * (@t31os_)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/admin-codex-question-load-function-thats-not-a-page/#post-1281816)
 * I’m still toying with PHP Classes myself, but i believe you can reference a function
   of a class as a page ..
 * Inside your classes function it would look something like..
 *     ```
       add_options_page( 'Page Title' , 'Menu Item Name' , 8 , __FILE__ , array( &$this , 'yourfunctiontocall' ) );
       ```
   
 * ..( i think ).. purely an example..
 * Still wrapping my head round the whole class thing… OOP wasn’t about when i first
   started using PHP powered apps (or at least it wasn’t quite as popular)..

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