One thing I wanted to improve in the Admin area of my Wordpress blog was the header menu. I want to be able to reach any admin page in one click, instead of first clicking on the first level link (”Manage” for example) and then only on a submenu link (”Comments“) So here is a very neat plugin : the Worpdress Admin Drop Down Menu
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Want to try before you buy ? Well, sure (except for the “buy” part) I made up this demo page especially for you.
It should work fine under Firefox 2.x, Opera 9.something and MSIE 6 on Windows. At least it does on my computer.
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Get the plugin :
ozh-admin-drop-down-menu.zip
Extract and upload to your blog, preserving directory structure if any.
Note: download counter here and stats on wordpress.org may differ and reflect the number of downloads before this plugin was hosted on the plugin directory
Activate and enjoy. Another friendly install & forget piece of PHP.
Features
The plugin concept itself is rather simple :
- Hide the various admin menus that are splattered all over the place in WordPress 2.5 (wasted space!)
- Insert a new menu on the top dark grey bar, which is unused (wasted space!) otherwise
- Remove a few useless links (wasted space!) on the upper right corner
Javascript is involved in order to hide useless links and to make stuff compatible with MSIE6. On modern browsers, everything works even with Javascript disabled.
As I’ve said, I’ve tested it to make it work with MSIE6 and Firefox. If you use it with another cosmetic plugin for the admin interface, it could go moo. If you use it with another browser it could go moo. If you modify the CSS part of the plugin to suit your colors and mood, it could go moo. I should rank pretty well on Google for “it could go moo” with such a disclaimer.
Options
By popular demand, the plugin comes with an editable option. Located at the beginning of the script, you’ll find:
$wp_ozh_adminmenu['display_submenu'] (boolean) will display, if set to true, the original Vanilla submenu. Defaults to false.
$wp_ozh_adminmenu['too_many_plugins'] (integer) define the maximum number of entries in a vertical dropdow menu before it switches to horizontal mode. Tweak this if you have so many entries that it drops longer than your screen height. (note: this option is deactivated when used along with Fluency)
Bonus
Thanks to Dean J. Robinson and his extraordinary CSS skills, Worpdress Admin Drop Down Menu is compatible with the uberclassy Fluency, a very beautiful plugin that redefines the whole admin area.
Requirements
This plugin is intented for serious Power Users only, and as such has very strict requirements :
- A Wordpress blog (designed for 2.5, won’t work on 2.3.3 or older)
- Enough lazyness to feel that sparing a click or two each day is worth it
- A comfortable chair and a fat internet connection
(Although the last point is not directly required to run my plugin, I’ve found that it can greatly enhance your internet experience)
Release History
- 30 dec 2005: 1.0, initial release
- 30 dec 2005: 1.1, minor code cleaning and Tiger Admin compatibility ! (screenshot)
- 9 jan 2006: 1.2, fixing some glitches with multi page plugins (Akismet for one) and minor CSS improvements (horizontal scrollbar in Firefox)
- 15 feb 2006 : 1.3, fixing a problem with plugins within subfolders on Windows platforms, hence with a backslash in path (akismet\akismet.php for one)
- Some day I forgot: 1.3.1, minor CSS tweaks
- 10 mar 2008 : 2.0, complete rewrite for WordPress 2.5 only
- 3 avr: 2.0.2, fixing a few stuff including incorrect submenu links below plugin toplevel menus
Older Version
Version 1.3.1 is designed for WordPress 1.5 to 2.3.3 and is still available:
- wp_ozh_adminmenu.txt (download and save as .php)
- wp_ozh_adminmenu.php (highlighted code, copy and paste in a blank file, but do not download as is)
The awesome demo of this older version is still available, of course.
Feedback
Sure. Feed me back. Like it? Blog about it. Love it? Click on the download link, see the Paypal button appear, and give it some clicks!
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pingback on 28/Apr/08 at 12:48 am # :
[...] in the WordPress backend with a set of new stylesheets) to make it fully compatible with my own Admin Drop Down Menu. He threw in some really nice subtle tweaks (see screenshot) that make the two plugin coexist very [...]
thought, on 28/Apr/08 at 4:18 pm # :
Thanks for interesting clause
replied, on 28/Apr/08 at 6:30 pm # :
VERY! NICE! WORK! :-D i like it!
wrote, on 29/Apr/08 at 12:16 am # :
It seems there’s an incompatibility between you plugin and Get Recent Comments (submenus don’t appear).
Get Recent Comments hadn’t been updated for 2.5+ yet and had an open issue with this WP version, so I think the problem is there and not here but…
pingback on 29/Apr/08 at 2:15 am # :
[...] Admin Drop Down Menu by Ozh 2.0.3 [...]
replied, on 29/Apr/08 at 3:28 am # :
Would there be any way to get this to appear on the main site as well?
said, on 29/Apr/08 at 7:16 am # :
Comme une image » … but ? :] Edit the beginning of my plugin to make the submenu always appear, might fix the problem with your plugin.
replied, on 29/Apr/08 at 7:19 am # :
Paradox » This is not what the plugin is made for (this would be of course possible, but requires coding. Note that there are plugin that add a backend menu to the visible part of your site)
replied, on 30/Apr/08 at 1:27 am # :
I am using a plugin by Viper007Bond, and it works well, i just like consistency.
pingback on 30/Apr/08 at 10:04 am # :
[...] migliorare i due aspetti sopra citati, esiste un ottimo plugin: Admin Drop Down Menu. Questo plugin, attua due importanti modifiche alla dashboard di [...]
wrote, on 30/Apr/08 at 12:55 pm # :
Sorry for taking so long to get back to this. The horizontal menu thing is fixed now. Thanks.
pingback on 30/Apr/08 at 1:21 pm # :
[...] 1. Admin Drop Down Menu : [...]
commented, on 30/Apr/08 at 3:48 pm # :
Hi I want to request a feature, or report a bug, depending on how it is looked at.
Whenever the number of elements in a drop down gets too big the drop down gets greater that window size, making it impossible to reach the elements on the bottom.
I was wondering if you could make it so that after a certain number of elements it would create a second column for the following elements, and then a third, and a forth and so on…
Love it anyways!
Alex
wrote, on 30/Apr/08 at 7:18 pm # :
Alex » Already implemented. Please read the doc here.
wrote, on 30/Apr/08 at 8:20 pm # :
Oops, sorry didn’t see that, I’ll try it right now thanks a lot :)
pingback on 01/May/08 at 5:38 am # :
[...] Admin Drop Down Menu - ????? ????? ? ?????. ???? ????? ?? ?????? 2.5 ??? ? ?? ???. ???? ?????? ??????? ???????? ?? ???? ?????? ??? ????? ?????? (drop down menus) ??? ????? ????? ??????? ? ????? ???? ?????. ????? ? ?? ???? ;) (+) [...]
replied, on 03/May/08 at 7:45 am # :
Hi,
I’d like to make a request for an enhancement.
When there is no comment pending review, could you hide the bubble?
Thanks in advance! :)
pingback on 03/May/08 at 8:16 am # :
[...] Admin Drop Down Menu - [...]
replied, on 03/May/08 at 8:36 am # :
Leo » I may add this if I update this plugin.
thought, on 03/May/08 at 9:37 pm # :
Any way to make this plugin turn off when IE7 is being used. I ask because I am using Fluency which is not supported in IE7. Fluency will display the side bar if Admin Drop Down Menu plugin is enabled, but the sidebar will cover a good portion of the screen.