Custom WordPress Admin Pages

Did you know that you can create custom WordPress admin pages with Cusmin? Custom admin pages are useful when you want to show some content to your users in the WordPress admin panel. It could be a help documentation, intro description, FAQ or legal documents. You can add images, tables or formatted text like you would do in your regular posts. 

Cusmin custom admin pages support shortcodes.

Where to Start?

Go to Cusmin Settings page > Content tab > Custom Pages

Custom WordPress Admin Pages by Cusmin

Adding a New Custom page

Click on the New Custom Page button. A form will appear:

Add/edit custom page form

1. Fill in the Title field with your custom page Title. 
2. The Slug field will be filled in automatically. You can leave it like that or change it to your own.
3. Click on the Content field to add your custom page content. Modal WYSIWYG editor will appear. Add custom content and click on the Save button. The modal window disappears.
4. Click on the Cancel button to skip saving the form.

You can add content like images, tables, text in different formats, short-codes etc, like you do with your regular blog posts.

Note: Clicking on the Confirm changes button will not save the changes to the back end. The changes will be preserved only after clicking the master Apply button.

Customizing WordPress Admin Menu Buttons

When you add custom pages, Cusmin will create top-level admin menu buttons for them and append them to the bottom of the admin menu:

Customize Custom Page Admin menu buttons

Click on the edit button (pencil icon) next to the menu item in the Cusmin Admin Menu Editor. There you would be able to fully customize your buttons. You can even change the order of your custom buttons.

Note: By default, Cusmin will set button names as the title pages. You can change button names here and use custom names instead page names.

Replacing WordPress Dashboard Page with a Custom Admin Panel Page

In some situations, you would rather have a custom page that shows up when user logs in, instead of the default WordPress dashboard page that contains dashboard widgets. Here are the steps to achieve that:

1. Go to Cusmin settings > Content tab
2. Click on the New Custom Page  button
3. Fill in the Title, Url and Content fields
4. Click on the Confirm changes button
5. Click on the master Apply button
6. Navigate to Cusmin settings > Admin Menu tab > Admin Menu Editor
7. Locate your button at the end of the Admin Menu Editor
8. Click on the Edit icon (pencil), on the right
9. Change the title of the button (if you need)
10. Make your changes and click on Confirm changes button
11. Reorder your buttons if needed
12. Locate the item in the main WordPress admin menu
13. Right click on the menu item > copy link address, or right click > open in new tab
14. Make sure that you have copied the custom page address
15. Navigate to Cusmin settings > Login Page > Login Page Settings
16. Paste the link to Redirect after login to this page
17. Click on the master Apply button to save the changes
18. Your custom page will now show up whenever your user logs in