Multisite Toolbar Additions

This plugin adds a few useful admin links to the WordPress Toolbar / Admin Bar in Multisite or Network installs.

Author:	David Decker - DECKERWEB (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:	3.6
WordPress version tested:	5.3.3
Plugin version:	2.0.1
Added to WordPress repository:	28-08-2012
Last updated:	12-11-2019 Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
Rating, %:	100
Rated by:	8
Plugin URI:	https://github.com/deckerweb/multisite-toolba...
Total downloads:	55 247
Active installs:	300+
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Quick Access to Super Admin Resources – Time Saver!

This small and lightweight plugin just adds some missed and very useful admin links to your Toolbar / Admin Bar in Multisite installs, and even regular single site installs.

Also included is support for some awesome, useful third-party plugins out of the box. So you might just switch from the backend or frontend of your site to the ‘Network Wide Plugins’ or access the ‘Nav Menu’ Settings of a sub site/blog. To make you even more happy, the plugin also works just perfectly in single WordPress installs (non-Multisite context), just fewer menu items then… —> Use this time saver and get quicker access

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   Multisite Toolbar Additions: New Network specific menu items located in "My Sites" toolbar parent item. (Click here for larger version of screenshot).

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   Multisite Toolbar Additions: Included plugin support for Network aware plugins. (Click here for larger version of screenshot).

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   Multisite Toolbar Additions: New Sub Site/ Blog items located in the parent item for each site. (Click here for larger version of screenshot).

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   Multisite Toolbar Additions: New (Sub) Site specific menu items - plus included plugin support for useful site specific plugins. (Click here for larger version of screenshot).

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   Multisite Toolbar Additions: How the optional Nav Menu for Super Admins works. (Click here for larger version of screenshot).

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   Multisite Toolbar Additions: Plugin's help tab on Nav Menu admin page. (Click here for larger version of screenshot).

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FAQ

Why another Multisite Toolbar plugin, there are already some others!?

You’re right! If you’re happy with one of the others then that’s absolutely great and you don’t need to add or switch anything! 🙂

I just made this new plugin here for my own needs and some of my client admins. As I am an open source evangelist I like to release my stuff to the public to give back to the community!

Plugin developer David Decker: What has proved its day to day usage and usefullness on more than 100 installs (Multisites and regular single site installs) before, could be used by many other (super) admins as well, right? :-)))

Does this plugin work with latest WordPress version and also older versions?

Yes, this plugin works really fine with the LATEST WordPress branch 3.8+! 🙂
And sorry, it DOES NOT work with WordPress versions older than 3.6 so please update your install if you haven’t done yet :).

How do I use the custom Nav Menu for Super Admins for the toolbar?

All menu items via a Custom Menu – and at all other places in the Toolbar (a.k.a. Admin Bar) – are only visible and accessable for Super Admins. That means in a Multisite environment all admins who can manage the network. In regular WordPress (single) installs these are users with the Administrator user role.

Added Menu Location by the plugin is: “Multisite Toolbar Menu” (again: only for Super Admins)

Steps for setting up a menu:

• Create a new menu, set a name like “Super Admin Toolbar” or such…
• Setup your links, might mostly be custom links, or any other…
• Save the new menu to the plugin’s menu location. That’s it 🙂
• Please note: Every parent item = one main toolbar entry! So best would be to only use one parent item and set all other items as children.

How can I adjust the position of my custom Nav Menu?

Since version 1.4.0 of the plugin there’s a filter for that. See this example that needs to be added to your theme’s/ child theme’s functions.php file or a functionality plugin. Try values between 1 and 100:

add_filter( 'mstba_filter_super_admin_nav_menu_priority', 'mstba_custom_position_super_admin_nav_menu' );
/**
 * Multisite Toolbar Additions:
 *    Adjust Super Admin Nav Menu Position
 */
function mstba_custom_position_super_admin_nav_menu() {

    return 20;

}

How do I use the custom Nav Menu for Site Admins for the toolbar?

The usage is identical as the Super Admin menu – see above 2 questions for instructions!

Only difference: This Site Admins menu is only viewable by site admins but only Super Admins can setup and edit it!

The filter for the hook priority here is called mstba_filter_restricted_admin_nav_menu_priority — and works in the very same as above!

How can I adjust the position of Network admin “+ New” section?

This could be easily done with the following example code that needs to be added to your theme’s/ child theme’s functions.php file or a functionality plugin. Try values between 1 and 100:

add_filter( 'mstba_filter_network_admin_new_content_priority', 'mstba_custom_position_network_admin_new_content' );
/**
 * Multisite Toolbar Additions:
 *    Adjust Network Admin "+ New" Position
 */
function mstba_custom_position_network_admin_new_content() {

    return 80;

}

Can I remove the “+ New” (new content) section in Network admin?

Yes, it’s possible! This line of code needs to be added to your theme’s/ child theme’s functions.php file or a functionality plugin:

/**
 * Multisite Toolbar Additions:
 *    Remove Network Admin "+ New" section
 */
add_filter( 'mstba_filter_display_network_new_content', '__return_false' );

How are new resources being added to the toolbar/admin bar?

Just drop me a note on my Twitter @deckerweb or via my contact page and I’ll add the link if it is useful for Multisite/ Super Admins.

Is this plugin Multisite compatible?

Of course it is! 🙂 Works really fine in Multisite invironment – for Super Admins.

In Multisite, could I “network activate” this plugin?

Yes, you could! Again, it’s only displayed and useful for Super Admins. — Activating on a per-site basis is also possible. Just decide what works best for you.

Has this plugin any use for non-Multisite installs?

Yes, of course! 🙂 The plugin is working like a charm in single-site installs – just without the network specific stuff. However, there’s still A LOT (single) site specific stuff supported. So it’s up to your use case :).

Special instructions for the supported ‘BackWPup’ plugin?

Yes, I have some advise for you 🙂 — My plugin only adds any BackWPup resources to your toolbar if you didn’t enabled the “Toolbar / Admin Bar option” on the BackWPup settings page.

• Enable BackWPup Toolbar / Adminbar = BackWPup handles its own stuff…
• Disable BackWPup Toolbar / Adminbar = Multisite Toolbar Additions will handle BackWPup’s toolbar items 🙂

Could certain sections/ item groups be removed?

Yes, this is possible! You can remove the following sections: “My Sites” menu area (all network items) / “My Sites” menu area (all sub site specific items) / “Super Admin Nav Menu” group (all items) / “Network Plugin Support” (all network plugin items) / “(Sub Site) Plugin Support” (all site plugin items) / “(Sub) Site Specific Items” – useful to disable for specific Super Admin users…

To achieve this add one, some or all of the following constants to your main theme’s/child theme’s functions.php file, functionality plugin or MU plugin:

/**
 * Multisite Toolbar Additions:
 *    Remove Network Admin Specific Items
 */
define( 'MSTBA_DISPLAY_NETWORK_ITEMS', FALSE );

/**
 * Multisite Toolbar Additions:
 *    Remove Sub Site Specific Items
 */
define( 'MSTBA_DISPLAY_SUBSITE_ITEMS', FALSE );

/**
 * Multisite Toolbar Additions:
 *    Disable Custom Nav Menu for Super Admins
 */
define( 'MSTBA_SUPER_ADMIN_NAV_MENU', FALSE );

/**
 * Multisite Toolbar Additions:
 *    Disable restricted Custom Nav Menu for Site Admins
 */
define( 'MSTBA_RESRICTED_ADMIN_NAV_MENU', FALSE );

/**
 * Multisite Toolbar Additions:
 *    Disable Plugin Support for Network Wide Plugins
 */
define( 'MSTBA_DISPLAY_NETWORK_EXTEND_GROUP', FALSE );

/**
 * Multisite Toolbar Additions:
 *    Disable Plugin Support for (Sub) Site Specific Plugins
 */
define( 'MSTBA_DISPLAY_SITE_EXTEND_GROUP', FALSE );

/**
 * Multisite Toolbar Additions:
 *    Disable Site Specific Items
 */
define( 'MSTBA_DISPLAY_SITE_GROUP', FALSE );

/**
 * Multisite Toolbar Additions:
 *    Disable Nav Menu List Edit Items
 */
define( 'MSTBA_DISPLAY_LIST_EDIT_MENUS', FALSE );

Could the the whole toolbar entries be removed, especially for certain users?

Yes, that’s also possible! This could be useful if your site has special user roles/capabilities or other settings that are beyond the default WordPress stuff etc. For example: if you want to disable the display of any “Multisite Toolbar Additions” items for all user roles of “Editor” please use this code:

To hide only from the user with a user ID of “2”:

/**
 * Multisite Toolbar Additions:
 *    Remove Network Admin specific Items for user ID 2
 */
if ( 2 === get_current_user_id() ) {
    define( 'MSTBA_DISPLAY_NETWORK_ITEMS', FALSE );
}

To hide items only in frontend use this code:

/**
 * Multisite Toolbar Additions:
 *    Remove Network Admin specific Items from frontend
 */
if ( ! is_admin() ) {
    define( 'MSTBA_DISPLAY_NETWORK_ITEMS', FALSE );
}

Final note: I DON’T recommend to add customization code snippets to your main theme’s/ child theme’s functions.php file! Please use a functionality plugin or an MU-plugin instead! This way you can also use this better for Multisite environments. In general you are then more independent from theme/child theme changes etc. If you don’t know how to create such a plugin yourself just use one of my recommended ‘Code Snippets’ plugins. Read & bookmark these Sites:

• “Code Snippets” plugin by Shea Bunge – also network wide!
• Woody Snippets (Insert PHP) plugin by webcraftic
• “What is a functionality plugin and how to create one?” – blog post by WPCandy
• “Creating a custom functions plugin for end users” – blog post by Justin Tadlock

All the custom & branding stuff code above can also be found as a Gist on Github: https://gist.github.com/deckerweb/3498510 (you can also add your questions/ feedback there 🙂

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ChangeLog

⚡ 2.0.1 – 2019-09-23

• Tweak: Updated bundled library DDWlib Plugin Installer Recommendations to latest version (v1.5.0) – better performance due to the use of transients
• Tweak: Minor code improvements

🎉 2.0.0 – 2019-05-04

• New: Successfully tested with WordPress 5.2
• New: Dedicated Theme and Plugin ZIP Uploader pages
• New: Enhanced Theme and Plugin Installer items in Toolbar (New Content Group)
• New: Integrated with WordPress 5.2+ new Site Health feature: Multisite Toolbar Additions now has an extra section on the Debug Info tab – this is especially helpful for support requests
• Tweak: Smaller internal improvements
• Tweak: Updated bundled library DDWlib Plugin Installer Recommendations to latest version (v1.4.0) – feature updates
• Tweak: Updated .pot file plus all German translations (formal, informal) and language packs
• New: Join my newsletter for DECKERWEB WordPress Plugins – insider info, plus tutorials and more useful stuff

⚡ 1.9.4 – 2018-11-03

• Tweak: Updated bundled library DDWlib Plugin Installer Recommendations to latest version (v1.2.0) – which brings enhanced CSS styles, including for the “Dark Mode” plugin
• Tweak: Few internal code tweaks and improvements

⚡ 1.9.3 – 2018-10-01

• New: Created special Facebook Group for user community support for all plugins from me (David Decker – DECKERWEB), this one here included! 😉 – please join at facebook!
• Update: Small internal code improvements
• Update: Updated bundled library DDWlib Plugin Installer Recommendations to latest version (v1.1.0) – which brings smaller additions and enhancements, like CSS styles to the upload areas and plugin cards, plus plugin version number on plugin cards
• Update: .pot file plus all German translations (formal, informal) and language packs

⚡ 1.9.2 – 2018-09-08

• New: Added plugin update message also to Plugins page (overview table)
• Update: Fixed and improved various Plugins page links for Super Admins within the Admin area
• Update: Fixed CSS class name in the admin
• Update: Fixed wrong textdomain for one string
• Update: Improved plugin installer recommendations
• Update: .pot file for translators, plus German translations

⚡ 1.9.1 – 2018-08-22

• New: Added first language packs via WordPress.org translations platform – for German (de_DE – informal) and German Formal (de_DE_formal) – thanks to Team WordPress DE! 😉
• New: Added composer.json file to the plugin’s root folder – this is great for developers using Composer
• New: Added README.md file for plugin’s GitHub.com repository to make it more readable there
• Fix: Fatal error related to to Network Admin/ Multisite context.
• Removed: Plugin support for “Quick Cache” was removed as this plugin is no longer existing
• Update: Some smaller code tweaks and improvements
• Update: .pot file for translators, plus German translations
• Update: Readme.txt file
• Trivia fact: this plugin is now 6 (six!) years old. Whoa, that’s a lot. 😉

🎉 1.9.0 – 2018-04-01

• Maintenance release
• Tweak: Improved security.
• Tweak: Updated all internal plugin links to current state, deleted the ones that were dead or no longer needed.
• Tweak: Added new plugin icon and banner on WordPress.org
• Update: .pot file for translators, plus German translations
• Update: Readme.txt file.

🎉 1.8.0 – 2014-10-20

• Unreleased – private beta version!
• NEW: Added support for more (custom) post types in the “Manage Content” section.
• NEW: Added “Widget Customizer” admin deep link for WordPress 3.9+.
• UPDATE: Updated plugin installer & uploader admin links to be compatible with WordPress 4.0+.
• UPDATE: Updated theme installer & uploader admin links to be compatible with WordPress 3.9+.
• UPDATE: Updated labels for Super Admin/ Admin custom menus within the “Customizer”.
• UPDATE: Updated German translations and also the .pot file for all translators!
• Extended plugin support:
  • NEW: Added support for “Smart Security Tools: Login Limit Add-On” (premium, by Smart Plugins/ Milan Petrovic).
  • NEW: Added support for “Smart Security Tools: Live Monitor Add-On” (premium, by Smart Plugins/ Milan Petrovic).
  • NEW: Added support for “Smart Robots.txt Tools” (premium, by Smart Plugins/ Milan Petrovic).
  • NEW: Added support for “iThemes Security” (free, by iThemes).
  • NEW: Added support for “iThemes Security Pro” (premium, by iThemes).
  • UPDATE: Updated and improved support for these plugins: “Snapshot”, “Smart Security Tools”, “Smart Options Optimizer”, “Simple System Info”, “Stream”, “Quick Cache Pro”.

⚡ 1.7.1 – 2014-04/05

• Unreleased – private beta version!

🎉 1.7.0 – 2014-03-04

• NEW: Highly improved “Nav Menu” support, all editable menus are now listed as sub level items for “Menus” entry. (Could be disabled via constant if needed.)
• NEW: As per user request I added an additional restricted Site Administrators toolbar menu. This is only effective in Multisite installs. Those menus can only be setup & edited via WP Nav Menus by Super Administrators – but then they are visible for administrator user roles (edit_theme_options capability).
• NEW: For Multisite, under “Plugins” added “Network Plugins” admin link for sub site admin areas – handy link to network wide plugins page.
• NEW: For Multisite, under “Themes” added “Network Theme Editor” admin link (respects all Editor disable stuff, hehe! 🙂 for sub site admin areas – handy link to theme editor if needed.
• NEW: Added new logic to prevent other users than super admins from editing those custom (nav) menus that are used within the Toolbar.
• UPDATE: Removed all CSS that was added in v1.5.0 — it was annoying and should not longer be there for WordPress 3.8 or higher. I guess this is finally for the better! 🙂
• UPDATE: Fixed double appearance of “Themes” and “Plugins” in Network Admin sublevel – now fixed for all instances :).
• CODE: Improved modular structure of the plugin for better maintenance and performance.
• CODE: Code and documentation tweaks and improvements.
• UPDATE: Extended and improved readme.txt file here.
• UPDATE: Updated German translations and also the .pot file for all translators!
• Extended plugin support:
  • NEW: Added support for “Stream” (free, by X-Team).
  • NEW: Added support for “Snitch” (free, by Sergej Müller).
  • NEW: Added support for “WPMS Admin Reports” (free, by Joe Motacek).
  • UPDATE: Updated and improved support for these plugins: “WP Migrate DB Pro”.

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