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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thought, on 29/Aug/08 at 11:27 am # :
Hey, I love your plugin!
However, I just autoupgrading and got a fatar error:
Plugin failed to reactivate due to a fatal error.
Warning: require_once(/home/uniteddi/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ozh-admin-drop-down-menu/inc/core.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/uniteddi/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ozh-admin-drop-down-menu/wp_ozh_adminmenu.php on line 57
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/home/uniteddi/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ozh-admin-drop-down-menu/inc/core.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/uniteddi/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ozh-admin-drop-down-menu/wp_ozh_adminmenu.php on line 57
Now I’m a bit lost. What should I do?
Thanks! I’m not sure I can live without drop down admin menus! :P
Josef
replied, on 29/Aug/08 at 11:59 am # :
Josef Davies-Coates » Delete the directory and upload it again. You somehow manage to incorrectly upload or extract it.
pingback on 29/Aug/08 at 4:03 pm # :
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thought, on 30/Aug/08 at 7:18 am # :
Can i use this plugin in Wordpress 2.6.1?
said, on 30/Aug/08 at 8:03 am # :
Hi Ozh,
I just wanted to let you know that I have found your plugin to be a real time-saver. It may not seem that way at first, but after several days, it really becomes clear what a difference it can make to an administrator who works his or her blog a great deal. It is so much easier on the eyes. It’s easier to find things. Being able to just click once is so much better. The option of turning off the icons is helpful (I did that). It’s just a valuable plugin. Having “Settings” right with “Deactivate | Edit” on the plugins page is smart too.
Good job.
Tom Usher
replied, on 30/Aug/08 at 12:27 pm # :
Istifajar » Of course
thought, on 31/Aug/08 at 7:59 pm # :
I resisted it for a while thinking the default admin. WordPress interface was fine (and it generally is), but what a time and click saver this plug-in is!
Now I can go directly to virtually any function with just one click. Very nice!
pingback on 01/Sep/08 at 6:32 am # :
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wrote, on 01/Sep/08 at 8:43 am # :
just wanted to let you know there are some issues with your plugin and wpmu. using IE7 when going to manage => posts the layout completely breaks :-(
replied, on 02/Sep/08 at 9:30 am # :
@ovidiu:
coud it be the same problem, i postet with a screeshot a few days ago?
for testing i installed mu 2.6 a lot of times, but when i activated (only) this plugin and role-manager, the admin-site of rolemanager breaks the layout. with one installtion it breaks the site to manage posts, but with ie7 and firefox.
said, on 02/Sep/08 at 9:50 am # :
@torre
it looks very similar to your screenshot, but so far I only have this scrambled screen when going to the manage post screen and I currently don’t have role manager installed or at least not activated. And the problem is only in IE7 and IE6 :-(
said, on 02/Sep/08 at 10:15 am # :
it seems I have found the plugin conflicting with your plugin. As I only had problems on the manage posts screen I had a closer look at what plugins are active on that screen and it turns out the only active plugin was: http://www.schloebe.de/wordpress/admin-management-xtended-plugin/
I have deactivated this plugin for now and it seems its ok, but I can’t be 100% sure as I am sitting behind a caching proxy at work
wrote, on 02/Sep/08 at 10:33 am # :
@ovidiu:
i have deactivated all other plugings, but always the same problem
thought, on 02/Sep/08 at 10:55 am # :
an plugins inside mu-plugins active?
thought, on 02/Sep/08 at 11:26 am # :
no other active plugin
replied, on 02/Sep/08 at 1:58 pm # :
now i use this version and there are no problems:
http://wpmudev.org/project/lighter-admin-menus-for-WPMU
said, on 02/Sep/08 at 4:22 pm # :
thats ok as well, but as far as I remember it doesn’t work with IE?
thought, on 02/Sep/08 at 10:30 pm # :
@ovidiu:
thats right. sh…
now i try lighter-admin-drop-menus 2.6.1
with a few changes in the css-area it works with mu and there are only problems with ie6. with ie7 it works fine
pingback on 03/Sep/08 at 9:18 am # :
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wrote, on 03/Sep/08 at 10:49 pm # :
torre & ovidiu » can you give me details ? (browser, OS, etc). I can’t reproduce the error yet you all seem to get it…