Remove tools.php page from WordPress admin

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Background

The WordPress admin section (/wp-admin) contains a menu item named tools (between users and settings). It has an obtrusive sub-item named “Available Tools” which is a page that contains a feature named “Press This”. 

/wp-admin/tools.php

My question

How do I remove this page from the tools section?

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What I’ve tried

I’ve tried a function to remove menu item: 

    add_action( 'admin_menu', 'my_remove_menu_pages' );
function my_remove_menu_pages() {
    remove_menu_page('press-this.php');
    //remove_menu_page('tools.php');
}

If I remove tools.php, the entire tools section is removed rather than just the “Available Tools” section.

I’ve also tried deleting the press-this.php from the directory.

Neither approaches have been to any avail.

I cannot find a solution anywhere online. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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3 comments

  1. this way uses WP functions:
    tested and work

    add_action( 'admin_menu', 'remove_tools' );
function remove_tools() {
    remove_submenu_page('tools.php', 'tools.php');
}

  2. You can use admin_menu hook to modify $submenu global var :

    add_action('admin_menu','modify_menu');

function modify_menu()
{
  global $submenu;
  unset($submenu['tools.php'][5]);
}

    EDIT : as janw said in his answer, you should instead use remove_submenu_page

  3. Try this code. It hides the entire Tools menu if there’s no other tools available to the user.

    add_action('admin_init', 'remove_tools_admin_menu');
    function remove_tools_admin_menu() {
        global $submenu;
        unset($submenu['tools.php'][5]);
        if(count($submenu['tools.php']) == 0) {
            remove_menu_page('tools.php');
        }
}