Question

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?

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.

Answer 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');
}