How to Customize the Favorites Dropdown Menu in WordPress

Are you looking for a way to adding or removing items to the favorites menu in the header? While there’s probably a plugin for this, we have created a quick code snippet that you can use to customize the favorites dropdown menu in WordPress.

Instructions:

All you have to do is add this code to your theme’s functions.php file or in a site-specific plugin:

function custom_favorite_menu($actions) {
   # Removing #
   unset($actions['edit-comments.php']);
   unset($actions['media-new.php']);
   # Adding #
   $actions['admin.php?your-plugin'] = array('Your Plugin', 'manage_options');
   return $actions;
}
add_filter('favorite_actions', 'custom_favorite_menu');

Note: If this is your first time adding code snippets in WordPress, then please refer to our guide on how to properly copy / paste code snippets in WordPress, so you don’t accidentally break your site.

If you liked this code snippet, please consider checking out our other articles on the site like: 11 best WordPress plugins for writers and how to start a blog.