Removing admin submenu items lack consistency

[paaljoachim]

An easy to understand example to remove a admin submenu item is :

remove_submenu_page( 'plugins.php', 'plugin-install.php' );      
remove_submenu_page( 'plugins.php', 'plugin-editor.php' );       		    

Using the add_action admin init one can remove all submenu pages except:

Appearance -> Customize, Header and Background.

I found the following code to remove these sections.

//Remove the custom options provided by the default twentyeleven theme. https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-header-and-background-option-pages-in-twenty-eleven-child-theme?replies=11
add_action( 'after_setup_theme','remove_header_background', 100 );
function remove_header_background() {
	remove_custom_background();
	remove_custom_image_header();
}

function remove_customize_page(){
	global $submenu;
	unset($submenu['themes.php'][6]); // remove customize link
}
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'remove_customize_page');

Having to add extra code shows lack of consistency. Removing Customize, Header and Background should be just as simple as:

remove_submenu_page( 'themes.php', 'customize.php' );    	     		 
remove_submenu_page( 'themes.php', 'customize-header.php' );    	     
remove_submenu_page( 'themes.php', 'custom-background.php' );  

[paaljoachim]

Btw here is the tutorial I am working on.
​http://easywebdesigntutorials.com/reorder-left-admin-menu-and-add-a-custom-user-role/

[paaljoachim]

Thank you for adjusting the description ocean90..:)

[welcher]

@paaljoachim did you want to try adding a patch for this?

[paaljoachim]

I will look into it.

[paaljoachim]

Lets just close this issue. As I never followed up on it.