Menus

Matomo contains 3 menus:

  • the top menu (top-right of the page)

  • the reporting menu (which includes all the reports like "Actions" and "Visitors")

  • the admin menu (shown in the admin panel)

Plugins can add items to these menus by implementing a Menu class. To add new items to the reporting menu you need to create a new Widget.

Adding a menu item

To add a menu class to your plugin, use the console:

$ ./console generate:menu

It will create a plugins/MyPlugin/Menu.php file:

class Menu extends \Piwik\Plugin\Menu
{
    public function configureTopMenu(MenuTop $menu)
    {
        // ...
    }

    public function configureAdminMenu(MenuAdmin $menu)
    {
        // ...
    }
}

Note: URLs can be built using the controller methods:

  • $this->urlForDefaultAction() returns the default action (index) for the controller of this plugin
  • $this->urlForAction('foo') returns the URL for the action foo for the controller of this plugin

Top menu item

    public function configureTopMenu(MenuTop $menu)
    {
        $menu->addItem('My top item', null, $this->urlForDefaultAction());
    }

Admin menu item

    public function configureAdminMenu(MenuAdmin $menu)
    {
        // add items to an existing category
        $menu->addSettingsItem('My admin item', $this->urlForDefaultAction());
        $menu->addPlatformItem('My admin item', $this->urlForDefaultAction());

        // or create a custom category
        $menu->addItem('MyPlugin admin settings', 'My admin item', $this->urlForDefaultAction());
    }

Reporting menu item

To add or change items in the reporting menu you need to create a new Widget.