Web Design Tips, Tricks and Nerdery

Im not sure why WordPress hasn’t added the open in new window when you click on visit website when you are in the admin section. Of course I want to keep my admin window and not take that page to my front end. Personally I like to have both the admin and front end of my website in 2 different tabs. I was getting tired of having to right click and go to open in new tab.

So I wrote a quick fix code in the functions file to add 2 links.

*Note I am hiding the site description from the admin bar (cleaner and no need for dropdown simple front end text works great).

// Remove Admin Bar Elements
function remove_admin_bar_links() {
global $wp_admin_bar;
$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu('wp-logo');
$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu('new-link');
$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu('updates');
$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu('themes');
$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu('customize');
$wp_admin_bar->remove_menu('site-name');// Remove the site name menu
}
add_action( 'wp_before_admin_bar_render', 'remove_admin_bar_links' );

//Add to Admin Bar
function add_to_admin_bar () {
global $wp_admin_bar;
$wp_admin_bar->add_menu(array(
   'title' => "Front End",
   'href' => site_url(),
   'meta' => array('target' => '_blank'),
));
$wp_admin_bar->add_menu(array(
   'title' => "Admin",
   'href' => admin_url(),
   'meta' => array('target' => '_blank'),
));
}
add_action('admin_bar_menu', 'add_to_admin_bar', 1);