In my second post of the series on WP-Table Reloaded Extensions, I will show you a way to change the name of the plugin in the WP Admin Menu.

Remember, Extensions are small code snippets that customize or extend the functionality of WP-Table Reloaded, by using the many “Plugin Hooks”. To get started, you should read the introduction on WP-Table Reloaded Extensions and follow the included instructions to set up the foundation. I also recommend reading the first post of this series, where I add an Automatic Converter for URLs to Links. You don’t need the code from there, but it might be helpful to better understand the concept.

In this post, I will show you how to change the name of the plugin in the WP Admin Menu. The default value is “WP-Table Reloaded” which might not be easy to recognize by clients or people using WordPress as a CMS. To better show, what I’m talking about: Here are two screenshots, one before activating the Extension and one after activating it.

The menu entry was changed from “WP-Table Reloaded” to “Tables”. (Remember that you can also move that entry to another parent entry with the corresponding admin option in the “Plugin Options” of WP-Table Reloaded.)

And here is the code:

/**
 * Changes the WP Admin Menu entry from "WP-Table Reloaded" to "Tables"
 * @author Tobias Baethge
 * @see http://tobias.baethge.com/2010/01/extension-2-custom-name-in-the-menu/
 */
function wp_table_reloaded_admin_menu_entry( $name ) {
    return 'Tables';
}
add_filter( 'wp_table_reloaded_plugin_display_name', 'wp_table_reloaded_admin_menu_entry' );

This code just needs to be copied into the file “wp-table-reloaded-extensions.php”, which needs to be created according to these instructions (after the Plugin Header comment, but before the closing PHP bracket ?>). Then, just activate the new plugin “WP-Table Reloaded Extensions”. That’s it! :-)

If you like this series of Extensions, I’m happy about any feedback, and especially about further suggestions!

Previous posts in this series that might interest you:

• Announcement and Foundation on Extensions
• Extension 1: Automatic URL to Links conversion