CPT in Posts tab instead of its own tab

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I was wondering for CPT list and editing pages to show under Posts tab instead of creating its own tab. I really want to use CPT (over using categories) because I’d have control over capability and different templates. Any input is appreciated.

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This can be done manipulating the global variable $submenu. In this example, the post type name is portfolio. See comments in code.

add_filter( 'custom_menu_order', 'move_one_post_type_wpse_98281' );

function move_one_post_type_wpse_98281( $menu_ord ) 
{
    global $submenu;
    // Enable the next line to inspect the $submenu values
    // echo '<pre>'.print_r($submenu,true).'</pre>';

    // Iterate through all submenu items
    foreach( $submenu['edit.php?post_type=portfolio'] as $add_submenu )
    {
        // Move it inside the Post post type menu
        $submenu['edit.php'][] = $add_submenu;
    }

    return $menu_ord;
}

Then, remove the menu item altogether:

add_action( 'admin_menu', 'remove_cpt_menu_wpse_98281', 15 );

function remove_cpt_menu_wpse_98281() 
{
    remove_menu_page( 'edit.php?post_type=portfolio' );
}

An in this example, we iterate through all post types that are public and not built-in and move the submenus inside the default Post post type.
And remove all menus with the same arguments.

Please, use this with care. In case of doubts/problems, use a One-by-One approach using the code above.

add_filter( 'custom_menu_order', 'move_all_post_types_wpse_98281' );
add_action( 'admin_menu', 'remove_all_cpt_menu_wpse_98281', 15 );

function move_all_post_types_wpse_98281( $menu_ord ) 
{
    global $submenu;
    $args=array(
      'public'   => true,
      '_builtin' => false
    ); 
    $post_types=get_post_types( $args );

    // Iterate through all post types
    foreach ($post_types as $post_type ) 
    {
        $cpt_submenu = 'edit.php?post_type=" . $post_type;
        foreach( $submenu[ $cpt_submenu ] as $add_submenu )
        {
            $submenu["edit.php'][] = $add_submenu;
        }
    }

    return $menu_ord;
}

function remove_all_cpt_menu_wpse_98281() 
{
    $args=array(
      'public'   => true,
      '_builtin' => false
    ); 
    $post_types=get_post_types( $args );
    foreach ($post_types  as $post_type ) 
    {
        remove_menu_page( 'edit.php?post_type=" . $post_type );
    } 
}

Results in the following. I”d remove the “Add new” from all post types, as there’s already a shortcut in the main page of each:

result moving all CPT

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