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
- Add some cute icons from FamFamFam to menu entries, or don’t add them, it’s up to you
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.
The plugin comes with a wickedly cool API that will allow other plugin developers to interact with it, like adding your own custom icon for your plugin. Read the API for Coders page for examples and documentation. Also, all elements the plugin produces get custom CSS classes and id’s to allow easy styling or selecting.
Translations
The plugin is ready for interglobanalization and there is a .pot template file included so polyglots can even make their own translation and sent the .mo and .po files to me so I’ll include them in the package.
The plugin is currently translated in:
- Italian, by Gianni Diurno
- Danish, by Thomas
- German, by Christoph Fertinger
- Español, by Karin Sequen
- French, by me
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, unless you read below)
- 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)
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!
If you’re reporting bugs, you’re welcome, but please provide a screenshot and informations about your browser & your OS.
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pingback on 21/Aug/08 at 2:47 am # :
[...] just committed version 2.3 of the mother of all admin menu plugins, Admin Drop Down Menu, and there are some pretty hot stuff inside. Plugin coders, be sure to read this till the [...]
thought, on 21/Aug/08 at 3:00 pm # :
many thanks for the great plugin. i have it now on my site http://www.per-autopilot-zum-reichtum.de/ live on the deployment. It works fine!
regards tobias
thought, on 21/Aug/08 at 3:28 pm # :
Bug report: in the latest version, when the display icon is disabled, the following embedded style is still there, which should be removed:
#oamsub_ozh_admin_menu a {background-image:url(/wp-content/plugins/ozh-admin-drop-down-menu/inc/images/ozh.png);}
pingback on 21/Aug/08 at 5:46 pm # :
[...] Admin - cleans up the whole admin interface Admin drop down menu - add’s drop down menus to the Admin pages and is compatible with Fluency Admin One Click [...]
thought, on 21/Aug/08 at 6:27 pm # :
Really loving the icons in 2.3 - are they the ones by FamFamFam?
Anyway, keep up the good work!
Tom
thought, on 21/Aug/08 at 6:29 pm # :
I’m digging the icons. :)
Are you going to give plugin authors a primer on how to activate icons for their own plugins?
commented, on 21/Aug/08 at 7:54 pm # :
Beautiful plugin, even more so as of 2.3 ;)
Seems to have trouble with the WP-Gravatars plugin, tho (link becomes ‘wrong’).
You might look into that.
(talkin ’bout wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-gravatar)
Seems like i have to try fuency again, last time it was kinda broken.
wrote, on 21/Aug/08 at 10:10 pm # :
Marcus » Indeed. This should be fixed in 2.3.2 I’ve just committed. Thanks for the feedback!
About Fluency, I’ve heard that it’s more or less clunky with icons enabled, I may have a look at this later.
pingback on 22/Aug/08 at 12:28 am # :
[...] habe ich das Lighter Menus-Plugin, das ich seit der Version 2.5 einsetze, gegen das Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu-Plugin ausgetauscht. Beide stellen die Untermenüs im Admin-Bereich schicker und funktionaler als [...]
pingback on 22/Aug/08 at 12:29 am # :
[...] Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu In der Administration werden übersichtliche und schicke Drop-Down-Felder anstatt der üblichen Navigation angezeigt. [...]
commented, on 22/Aug/08 at 12:41 am # :
Wow, that was quick!
Too bad i rewrote the plugin to work with the old version so i can’t really check it out now…
as for the icons with fluency, some extra padding-left (~22px) for [css]#ozhmenu li.ozhmenu_toplevel ul li.ozhmenu_sublevel a[css] should be sufficient ;)
commented, on 22/Aug/08 at 12:47 am # :
oh, the ‘break long lists’ option doesnt work with fluency (24 entries in ‘Settings’… got a few more pixels left tho) ;)
said, on 22/Aug/08 at 12:54 am # :
hi. Thanks for plugin
perfect.
best Regards
said, on 22/Aug/08 at 1:35 am # :
The new update from today certainly fixed the infinitely repeating icon for the settings page of this plugin, Thanks.
But now I notice that on the settings drop down, the link for one of my plugins is getting cutoff pretty badly. The plugin is called “SimpleModal Contact Form”. It cuts off the end of it because the name is too long, while before it simply made the menu wide enough to fit.
I also use the fluency admin css plugin, great plugin, but I do not know which of these two is causing the problem. Can you check out the menu width and see if you can fix it to adjust for its contents?
said, on 22/Aug/08 at 2:18 am # :
yes, unfortunately, doesn’t look too good with fluency… might also be nice to not have to have plugins modified to show icons… maybe search the plugin page directory of the current admin page for an image with the same name and use that… then, no need to wait for plugin authors or mod their stuff…
said, on 22/Aug/08 at 3:39 am # :
Head’s up Ozh!
You might want to take a look at the latest “bleeding” WordPress 2.7. The menu is now on the side (as Fluency does it). You should probably drop a line to wp-hackers to see if that’s the final design….
wrote, on 22/Aug/08 at 7:13 am # :
Hi and Thanks for the plugin. I am having some trouble with it in Safari for Mac OSX (3.1.2 (5525.20.1)).
It looks like in the CSS that the top-border of #wphead is expanding to ridiculous sizes.
Best,
Michael
replied, on 22/Aug/08 at 8:40 am # :
Stephen R » Yeah, saw this. Once again a total revamp that will break everything, maybe… Will wait for 2.7-RC1 or beta to update.
thought, on 22/Aug/08 at 8:43 am # :
Bryson » I think it should be fluency, check without enabling it.
thought, on 22/Aug/08 at 2:40 pm # :
Do you have a beta version or the likes that works with the sidebar menu in 2.7-Bleeding?