admin menu editor array warnings

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(@annaam)

Hello,

Problem:

When viewing Ultimate Dashboard => Admin Menu Editor tab, the following PHP warnings from a different plugin, “Posts 2 Posts”, appear in the debug logs:

[25-Feb-2026 17:04:28 UTC] PHP Warning: Undefined array key “toplevel” in /sites/WEBSITE/files/wp-content/plugins/posts-to-posts/vendor/scribu/scb-framework/AdminPage.php on line 454

[25-Feb-2026 17:04:28 UTC] PHP Warning: Undefined array key “menu_title” in /sites/WEBSITE/files/wp-content/plugins/posts-to-posts/vendor/scribu/scb-framework/AdminPage.php on line 458

[25-Feb-2026 17:04:28 UTC] PHP Warning: Undefined array key “capability” in /sites/WEBSITE/files/wp-content/plugins/posts-to-posts/vendor/scribu/scb-framework/AdminPage.php on line 459

       /**
448	         * Registers a page.
449	         *
450	         * @return void
451	         */
452	        public function page_init() {
453	
454	                if ( ! $this->args['toplevel'] ) {
455	                        $this->pagehook = add_submenu_page(
456	                                $this->args['parent'],
457	                                $this->args['page_title'],
458	                                $this->args['menu_title'],
459	                                $this->args['capability'],
460	                                $this->args['page_slug'],
461	                                array( $this, '_page_content_hook' )
462	                        );
463	                } else {
464	                        $func = 'add_' . $this->args['toplevel'] . '_page';
465	                        $this->pagehook = $func(
466	                                $this->args['page_title'],
467	                                $this->args['menu_title'],
468	                                $this->args['capability'],
469	                                $this->args['page_slug'],
470	                                null,
471	                                $this->args['icon_url'],
472	                                $this->args['position']
473	                        );
474	
475	                        add_submenu_page(
476	                                $this->args['page_slug'],
477	                                $this->args['page_title'],
478	                                $this->args['submenu_title'],
479	                                $this->args['capability'],
480	                                $this->args['page_slug'],
481	                                array( $this, '_page_content_hook' )
482	                        );
483	                }
484	
485	                if ( ! $this->pagehook ) {
486	                        return;
487	                }
488	
489	                add_action( 'load-' . $this->pagehook, array( $this, 'page_loaded' ) );
490	
491	                add_action( 'admin_print_styles-' . $this->pagehook, array( $this, 'page_head' ) );
492	        }

Steps to Reproduce:

Install Posts 2 Posts
Install Ultimate Dashboard
Navigate to wp-admin => ultimate dashboard => admin menu editor
Observe PHP warnings in log

Observations:

These warnings only occur on the one page, oddly.
The page is functional (we don’t have PRO, but the page loads fine).
They appear to result from the other plugins framework expecting certain array keys (toplevel, menu_title, capability) that this plugin, Ultimate Dashboard, does not provide when instantiating AdminPage objects on this tab.
These warnings are non-fatal and do not affect site operation.
This seems to be an integration edge case.
When did this start? Not sure, unfortunately. We don’t use this tab and only found the error from testing a new update for Ultimate Dashboard.

Environment Details:

PHP 8.3
WordPress v6.9.1
Posts 2 Posts v1.7.6
Ultimate Dashboard v3.8.13

I’ve also reported this with Posts 2 Posts. I couldn’t decide which plugin to notify, so I notified both. If you believe this is solely a Posts 2 Posts issue, please let me know and I will continue with them.

Thank you for your time.

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Plugin Author David Vongries
(@davidvongries)

1 month ago
Hi @annaam,

We looked into this and concluded that this is an issue with the Posts 2 Posts plugin.

The culprit is init_args() in posts-to-posts/admin/tools-page.php#L17
It uses a raw array assignment instead of merging, so it wipes out all the defaults that check_args() had populated in posts-to-posts/vendor/scribu/scb-framework/AdminPage.php#L508

Fix suggested for “Posts 2 Posts” plugin:

The fix belongs in P2P_Tools_Page::init_args() – it should use wp_parse_args() to merge onto existing args instead of replacing them.

This:
```
function init_args() {
	$this->args = array(
		'page_title' => __( 'Connection Types', P2P_TEXTDOMAIN ),
		'page_slug' => 'connection-types',
		'parent' => 'tools.php'
	);
}
```
Should become this:
```
function init_args() {
	$this->args = wp_parse_args( array(
		'page_title' => __( 'Connection Types', P2P_TEXTDOMAIN ),
		'page_slug'  => 'connection-types',
		'parent'     => 'tools.php',
	), $this->args );
}
```
This preserves all the defaults from check_args() while still allowing init_args() to update the translated page_title.

Best,
David
Thread Starter annaam
(@annaam)

1 month ago

Thank you very much for your detailed reply. Posts 2 Posts was able to implement the fix.

Best,

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