From a3c730281cfbe239602a75b8ffa3116ec7c35dc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sainath Poojary <spoojary614@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:53:00 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Administration: Add stable, locale-independent IDs to admin
 submenu links

---
 src/wp-admin/menu-header.php | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/wp-admin/menu-header.php b/src/wp-admin/menu-header.php
index dcdf58d6391ce..4f162b2121294 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/menu-header.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/menu-header.php
@@ -258,6 +258,8 @@ function _wp_menu_output( $menu, $submenu, $submenu_as_parent = true ) {
 
 				$title = wptexturize( $sub_item[0] );
 
+				$sub_menu_id = ! empty( $item[5] ) ? ' id="' . esc_attr( sanitize_html_class( $item[5] . '-' . $sub_item[2] ) ) . '"' : '';
+
 				if ( ! empty( $menu_hook )
 					|| ( ( 'index.php' !== $sub_item[2] )
 						&& file_exists( WP_PLUGIN_DIR . "/$sub_file" )
@@ -271,9 +273,9 @@ function _wp_menu_output( $menu, $submenu, $submenu_as_parent = true ) {
 					}
 
 					$sub_item_url = esc_url( $sub_item_url );
-					echo "<li$class><a href='$sub_item_url'$class$aria_attributes>$title</a></li>";
+					echo "<li$class><a href='$sub_item_url'$class$aria_attributes$sub_menu_id>$title</a></li>";
 				} else {
-					echo "<li$class><a href='{$sub_item[2]}'$class$aria_attributes>$title</a></li>";
+					echo "<li$class><a href='{$sub_item[2]}'$class$aria_attributes$sub_menu_id>$title</a></li>";
 				}
 			}
 			echo '</ul>';