What would be the correct way of adding a link to existing path into admin menu?

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What is the correct way to add a link to a menu? I am using Drupal 7 and admin menu module. I would like to add a link to the content menu item so it would be Content

Content
Add Content
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I created a custom module and in the menu hook I put:

$items['admin/content/add'] = null;

Then in the menu_alter hook I put:

$items['admin/content/add'] = $items['node/add'];

Now the menu link appears where I want and when I click browser takes me to the admin/content/add but instead of showing the different options for creating node there's a text saying: You have not created any content types yet. Go to the content type creation page to add a new content type.

If I go to node/add I can see the different options to add different nodes.

So my approach seems to be wrong. What would be the correct way of adding a link to existing path into admin menu?

Answer 1

I think the easiest way to do this would be to create a fully fledged menu item and simply forward it on to the node/add page using drupal_goto() as the page callback:

function MYMODULE_menu() {
  $items['admin/content/add'] = array(
    'title' => 'Add Content',
    'access arguments' => array('administer nodes'),
    'page callback' => 'drupal_goto',
    'page arguments' => array('node/add'),
    'weight' => 10 // Use this property to control where in the menu the item will appear.
  );
  return $items;
}