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
Show me
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.
Give me
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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wrote, on 22/Aug/08 at 4:24 pm # :
Matt » Not yet. I’m not going to spend time working on CSS nightmares against a version of WP that will still heavily change. I’ll get things compatible when a beta or a RC comes out.
pingback on 22/Aug/08 at 4:40 pm # :
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said, on 22/Aug/08 at 9:56 pm # :
Wonderful plugin. I wanted to report a bug in Safari 3.1.2. I never noticed this until today, well maybe it’s the latest version of Admin Menu 2.3.2. The menu becomes over-extended in this case making the entire screen turn the dark grey of the background. Scrolling down the page reveals the remainder of the Wordpress information. I removed class=’ozhmenu_toplevel’ from the line item on line 28 in the core.php file and all seems well again.
I couldn’t find a css class for this so I’m wondering if it’s needed? I’ve been running like this for about five minutes so if I see any problems I will report them later. Is there a better fix for this issue?
Thanks
commented, on 22/Aug/08 at 10:54 pm # :
I’m having the same Safari issue as ‘Doc4′ described above. The dark menu is overextended vertically. Everything still works, but it just looks very clunky.
Great plugin! I’m sure you’ll find a fix for this with the next release.
Cheers, Tim
said, on 22/Aug/08 at 11:06 pm # :
Tim & Doc4 » this will be fixed in a few hours! :)
commented, on 23/Aug/08 at 6:06 pm # :
If I click on Comments I get a message that says “Cannot load edit-comments.php?page=disqus.”
replied, on 23/Aug/08 at 7:58 pm # :
ghosttie » I’ve just checked the disqus plugin you’re using, and this is very questionable code, no wonder it’s breaking. I’ve made a quick plugin that will fix Disqus crappy code, but with no additional support on this.
pingback on 23/Aug/08 at 10:33 pm # :
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replied, on 23/Aug/08 at 11:59 pm # :
i, too, am suffering from the “gigantic grey block in safari” issue.
please help! i love your plugin but am so sick of scrolling!
wrote, on 24/Aug/08 at 12:14 am # :
The break long list option does not work with fluency enabled?!
Is that supposed to work? Or is it too hard to make that work?
But still a very great plugin. For me it’s hard with too many options under the settings tab. So, if i want to use it with fluency, i really need the break list .. :-(
wrote, on 24/Aug/08 at 2:44 am # :
I am also having this problem with the large grey block, with all of the links listed down the left side of the page below that. I have 12 blogs using this plugin, and the problem just started about 2 updates ago, that is updates to your plugin, prior to that it worked fine, and is only on one site. Are there any known plugin conflicts? I have a lot of them, and most of them are on all of my sites. Help Please…
David
said, on 24/Aug/08 at 10:02 am # :
chris tolles & CarpetGuy » Oops, my bad, I actually forgot to upload the new version of the plugin :) Get it again, it should be fixed.
wrote, on 24/Aug/08 at 10:03 am # :
Ron » No, this is not enabled with Fluency.
replied, on 24/Aug/08 at 3:52 pm # :
Is it not possible to work?
pingback on 24/Aug/08 at 4:13 pm # :
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wrote, on 24/Aug/08 at 4:54 pm # :
The new version has not fixed the issue that TIm & Doc4 have mentioned for my blog. Still have a huge scroll down issue…
TeraS
commented, on 24/Aug/08 at 5:48 pm # :
Hi,
the plugin works great for me, but the code ist not valide xhtml. can you check this? & -> &, one id for two div, style in body…
pingback on 24/Aug/08 at 6:43 pm # :
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