Admin Menu Editor
Lets you edit the WordPress admin menu. You can re-order, hide or rename menus, add custom menus and more.
Overview
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Installation instructions
Customer support & learning resources
Main benefits
Edit Dashboard menu
Reorder menu items
Change menu permissions
Create custom menus
Hide/show menu items
About this plugin
Author: Janis Elsts
Categories: Design and Customization
Version: 1.12.4
Last updated: 16-07-2024
WordPress version: 4.7
Tested up to: 6.6
PHP version required: 5.6
Languages: English (UK), Català [+18]
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Overview
Admin Menu Editor is a versatile WordPress plugin that provides users with comprehensive tools to customize the Dashboard menu. It allows users to reorder menus, hide or show specific items, modify permissions, and even change menu titles, URLs, icons, and CSS classes. Users can easily organize menu items through a drag-and-drop interface and create custom menus that link to any part of the Dashboard or external URLs. Additionally, it supports setting login and logout redirects. The Pro version offers advanced features such as per-role menu permissions, hiding menus for specific users, exporting menus, and more. Moreover, the plugin provides utility shortcodes for creating login/logout redirects and displaying user profile information. However, while users can hide default menus, they cannot delete them permanently. The option to reset the menu configuration back to default settings ensures that users can recover from any accidental changes.
Customizable Menu Titles and URLs
- Change menu titles to better suit your needs.
- Modify URLs to point to different parts of the Dashboard or external sites.
- Update icons and CSS classes for a personalized look.
Drag & Drop Organization
- Easily reorder menu items using drag & drop functionality.
- Move menu items between different submenus for better organization.
- Drag items between menu levels in the Pro version.
Advanced Permission Control
- Set menu permissions by specifying required capabilities or roles.
- Hide menus from everyone except specific users in the Pro version.
- Restrict access to certain menu items to enhance security.
Custom Menus and Redirects
- Create custom menus that link to any part of the Dashboard or external URLs.
- Set up login and logout redirects to improve user experience.
- Use utility shortcodes for additional customization options.
Rating and reviews
igrieves
27 Jun, 2024
After 40 years in IT and 17 as a web designer I am completely unable to use this plugin to restrict what Editors can see. The Help is useless i.e. totally unclear and the ‘Live Preview’ isn’t. Avoid and save yourself a lot of pain.
Orange Ambition
10 Jun, 2024
Are you monumentally tired of all the plugins that are hijacking the announcement area of your dashboard?
Then this plugin is for you! I’ve tried many others to just simply tuck notifications away into a little submenu spot, but plugin authors keep finding ways around it. This plugin SOLVES that issue! I can totally make that stuff go away now! Thank you!
Also, I wanted to rearrange my menu so that custom post types appeared in a specific place on my admin menu, but kept running into problems with the numbering structure and things splitting into two positions above and below others. Problem solved! This plugin has a drag and drop interface and i can put things EXACTLY where I WANT THEM!
I am SO EXCITED to have found this plugin. Thank you to the developers! A thousand times!
shanemac10
29 Apr, 2024
Needed a quick solution to hide a bunch of menu items for the “Editor” user role, so they would have a more simplified experience, and this plugin absolutely did NOT work. I went around and around with it trying to figure out why it was still displaying menu items for users that I am positive did not have those permissions. It worked on a few, but not all. I just wound up wasting a couple hours, then just coding up my own simple solution in custom plugin in about 20mins. Should have just started with that, but I wanted to UI for the client to make updates.
ya2mardel
04 Mar, 2024
like a miracle. Just in installing the plug-in i got back the menus item i spent hours to retrieve randomly . i will now organise menu items . Many thanks
hmoore012
13 Feb, 2024
Thank you so much for creating this program! I’ve been struggling looking at a completely unorganized mess on the admin panel. it really helps for fast navigation when building.
