Title: Multiple plugin setup pages without menu items
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Multiple plugin setup pages without menu items

 *  [Snaphaan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snaphaan/)
 * (@snaphaan)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-plugin-setup-pages-without-menu-items/)
 * My current back end plugin page displays a list similar to the following:
 *     ```
       ID     Some head    Another head   etc.
       ------ ------------- --------- ----------- <edit button>
       ------ ------------- --------- ----------- <edit button>
       ------ ------------- --------- ----------- <edit button>
       ------ -------------- --------- ---------- <edit button>
       ```
   
 * When I click the <edit button> I would like to be transferred to a new page where
   the current entry values are grabbed and displayed in <input and <textarea> boxes.
   So the person can change the values he needs to without copy and pasting each
   value again.
 * Make sense?
 * So the setup would look something like this:
 *     ```
       ----              ----
       |some| ---------> |new |
       |link|            |page|
       |    |            |    |
        ----              ----
   
       My current        My new
       single            single
       plugin            plugin
       admin backend     backend
       page...           page...
       ```
   
 * The problem is, how do I link to another page? How do you add multiple pages 
   to a back end plugin page without adding menu items?
 * Any Advice would be appreciated.
 * Thank you!
 * _[Moderator Note: [No bumping](http://codex.wordpress.org/Forum_Welcome#No_Bumping).
   If it’s that urgent, consider [hiring someone](http://jobs.wordpress.net/) instead.]_

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 *  Thread Starter [Snaphaan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snaphaan/)
 * (@snaphaan)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-plugin-setup-pages-without-menu-items/#post-4937359)
 * I have linked to another file called edit.php.
 * `<td><a href="<?php echo plugin_dir_url(__FILE__).'edit.php?name='.$slname ?>"
   >Edit</a>`
 * It works. But now I am taken out of the WP dashboard area onto a new page. Is
   there any way to link up with a page that stays on the dasboard?
 *  Thread Starter [Snaphaan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snaphaan/)
 * (@snaphaan)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-plugin-setup-pages-without-menu-items/#post-4937360)
 * I GOT IT!!
 * Well, sort of.
 * I created a normal submenu item for the plugin’s main admin menu. I then linked
   to it like so:
 * `<a href="<?php echo admin_url().'admin.php?page=SL_edit&name='.$slname ?>">Edit
   </a>`
 * This subpage displays a new form with the values of the particular entry displayed
   in the edit boxes.
 * It’s so stupid and simple but what got me confused is why I am using submenu 
   items instead of “just another page”.
 * I will give a working code example when I have the time for those beginners who
   might want something similar.

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## Tags

 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin/)
 * [back-end](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/back-end/)
 * [linking](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/linking/)
 * [menu](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/menu/)
 * [multiple pages.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multiple-pages/)

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 * Last reply from: [Snaphaan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/snaphaan/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-plugin-setup-pages-without-menu-items/#post-4937360)
 * Status: not resolved

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