[magento] Magento - How to add/remove links on my account navigation?

I am trying to remove links on my account navigation. I looked at the customer/account/navigation.phtml template. The template grabs links by $this->getLinks(). How do I edit getLinks() method so that I can remove some of links?

You can also disable the menu items through the backend, without having to touch any code. Go into:

System > Configuration > Advanced

You'll be presented with a long list of options. Here are some of the key modules to set to 'Disabled' :

Mage_Downloadable -> My Downloadable Products
Mage_Newsletter -> My Newsletter
Mage_Review -> My Reviews
Mage_Tag -> My Tags
Mage_Wishlist -> My Wishlist

I also disabled Mage_Poll, as it has a tendency to show up in other page templates and can be annoying if you're not using it.

The easiest way to remove any link from the My Account panel in Magento is to first copy:

app/design/frontend/base/default/template/customer/account/navigation.phtml

to

app/design/frontend/enterprise/YOURSITE/template/customer/account/navigation.phtml

Open the file and fine this line, it should be around line 34:

<?php $_index = 1; ?>

Right below it add this:

 <?php $_count = count($_links); /* Add or Remove Account Left Navigation Links Here -*/
        unset($_links['tags']); /* My Tags */
        unset($_links['invitations']); /* My Invitations */
        unset($_links['enterprise_customerbalance']); /* Store Credit */
        unset($_links['OAuth Customer Tokens']); /* My Applications */
        unset($_links['enterprise_reward']); /* Reward Points */
        unset($_links['giftregistry']); /* Gift Registry */
        unset($_links['downloadable_products']); /* My Downloadable Products */
        unset($_links['recurring_profiles']); /* Recurring Profiles */
        unset($_links['billing_agreements']); /* Billing Agreements */
        unset($_links['enterprise_giftcardaccount']); /* Gift Card Link */
        ?> 

Just remove any of the links here that you DO want to appear.

Also, you need to do something like this in config.xml if you are developing a customized module

    <frontend>
        <layout>
            <updates>
                <hpcustomer>
                    <file>hpcustomer.xml</file>
                </hpcustomer>
            </updates>
        </layout>
    </frontend>

You can also use this free plug-and-play extension:

http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/manage-customer-account-menu.html

This extension does not touch any of the Magento core files.

With this extension you are able to:

1. Decide per menu item to show or hide it with one click in the Magento backend.
2. Rename menu items easily.

Open navigation.phtml

app/design/frontend/yourtheme/default/template/customer/account/navigation.phtml

replace

<?php $_links = $this->getLinks(); ?>

with unset link which you want to remove

<?php 
$_count = count($_links);
unset($_links['account']); // Account Information     
unset($_links['account_edit']); // Account Information  
unset($_links['address_book']); // Address Book
unset($_links['orders']); // My Orders
unset($_links['billing_agreements']); // Billing Agreements
unset($_links['recurring_profiles']); // Recurring Profiles
unset($_links['reviews']);  // My Product Reviews
unset($_links['wishlist']); // My Wishlist
unset($_links['OAuth Customer Tokens']); // My Applications
unset($_links['newsletter']); // Newsletter Subscriptions
unset($_links['downloadable_products']); // My Downloadable Products
unset($_links['tags']); // My Tags
unset($_links['invitations']); // My Invitations
unset($_links['enterprise_customerbalance']); // Store Credit
unset($_links['enterprise_reward']); // Reward Points
unset($_links['giftregistry']); // Gift Registry
unset($_links['enterprise_giftcardaccount']); // Gift Card Link
?>

Technically the answer of zlovelady is preferable, but as I had only to remove items from the navigation, the approach of unsetting the not-needed navigation items in the template was the fastest/easiest way for me:

Just duplicate

app/design/frontend/base/default/template/customer/account/navigation

to

app/design/frontend/YOUR_THEME/default/template/customer/account/navigation

and unset the unneeded navigation items before the get rendered, e.g.:

<?php $_links = $this->getLinks(); ?>    
<?php 
    unset($_links['recurring_profiles']);
?>

My solution was to completely remove the block in local.xml and create it with the blocks I needed, so, for example

<customer_account>
        <reference name="left">
            <action method="unsetChild">
                <name>customer_account_navigation</name>
            </action>
            <block type="customer/account_navigation" name="customer_account_navigation" before="-" template="customer/account/navigation.phtml">
                <action method="addLink" translate="label" module="customer">
                    <name>account</name>
                    <path>customer/account/</path>
                    <label>Account Dashboard</label>
                </action>
                <action method="addLink" translate="label" module="customer">
                    <name>account_edit</name>
                    <path>customer/account/edit/</path>
                    <label>Account Information</label>
                </action>
        </block>
    </reference>
</customer_account>

If you want to selectively remove links without having to copy/edit entire xml files, a nice solution can be found in this post in the magento forums

In this solution, you override the Mage_Customer_Block_Account_Navigation block with a local version, that adds a removeLinkByName method, which you then use in your layout.xml files, like so:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
    <layout version="0.1.0">

    <customer_account>
        <reference name="customer_account_navigation" >
                <!-- remove the link using your custom method -->
                <action method="removeLinkByName">
                   <name>recurring_profiles</name>
                </action>
                <action method="removeLinkByName">
                   <name>billing_agreements</name>
                </action>
        </reference>
    </customer_account>
</layout>

Most of the above work, but for me, this was the easiest.

Install the plugin, log out, log in, system, advanced, front end links manager, check and uncheck the options you want to show. It also works on any of the front end navigation's on your site.

http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/frontend-links-manager.html

Its work 100% i am Sure.

Step 1: Go To ( YourTemplate/customer/account/navigation.phtml )

Step 2: Replace This Line: <?php $_count = count($_links); ?> With:

<?php $_count = count($_links); /* Add or Remove Account Left Navigation Links Here -*/
unset($_links['account']); /* Account Info */     
unset($_links['account_edit']); /* Account Info */            
unset($_links['tags']); /* My Tags */
unset($_links['invitations']); /* My Invitations */
unset($_links['reviews']);  /* Reviews */
unset($_links['wishlist']); /* Wishlist */
unset($_links['newsletter']); /* Newsletter */
unset($_links['orders']); /* My Orders */
unset($_links['address_book']); /* Address */
unset($_links['enterprise_customerbalance']); /* Store Credit */
unset($_links['OAuth Customer Tokens']); /* My Applications */
unset($_links['enterprise_reward']); /* Reward Points */
unset($_links['giftregistry']); /* Gift Registry */
unset($_links['downloadable_products']); /* My Downloadable Products */
unset($_links['recurring_profiles']); /* Recurring Profiles */
unset($_links['billing_agreements']); /* Billing Agreements */
unset($_links['enterprise_giftcardaccount']); /* Gift Card Link */

?>