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title: Add New Admin Menu Links (Pro)
description: "This feature requires the Pro version of the PublishPress Capabilities plugin. The [PublishPress Capabilities Pro](https://publishpress.com/links/capabilities) plugin allows you to add new links in your WordPress admin menu. You can do this via the \"[Admin Menus](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/admin-menus-screen/)\" screen in [PublishPress Capabilities Pro](https://publishpress.com/links/capabilities).…"
url: "https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/add-new-admin-menu-links/"
updated: "2025-06-30"
category: PublishPress Capabilities / Admin Menus
---

# Add New Admin Menu Links (Pro)

This feature requires the Pro version of the PublishPress Capabilities plugin.

The [PublishPress Capabilities Pro](https://publishpress.com/links/capabilities) plugin allows you to add new links in your WordPress admin menu. You can do this via the "[Admin Menus](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/admin-menus-screen/)" screen in [PublishPress Capabilities Pro](https://publishpress.com/links/capabilities).

To add a new menu link, click the "New Menu Link" button shown in the screenshot below:

![New menu link](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/new-menu-link-1024x407.png)

There are several choices you can make for each new menu link:

- **Type**: Choose from "Menu", "Submenu", "Menu Separator", or "Submenu Separator".
- **Position**: Choose to display this new link either "After" or "Before" a specific menu link.
- **Menu Title**: This is the text that users will see.
- **Menu URL**: This can be either an internal or external URL.
- **Menu Capability**: This is the capability required to see the menu link. "read" is the default and will give access to anyone in the WordPress admin area. Choose "[manage_options](https://publishpress.com/links/manage_options)" to restrict the link only to administrators. You can check who has each capability via [the Capabilities screen](https://publishpress.com/knowledge-base/capabilities-screen/).
- **Menu Icon**: This is icon that users will see.

![Create a new admin menu](https://publishpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/adding-menu-link-1024x355.png)