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 28/Oct/06 at 7:08 pm # :
[...] * Admin Drop Down Menu: Displays a CSS driven drop down menu with all admin links.No need to click on “Manage” then “Comments”.When you want to reach a “sub” admin page, you need to load the main page first. Like, you have to first click on “Manage” to be able to manage “Comments”.Cumbersome, heh ? Get all your admin links in one handy drop down menu. WP 2.0 [...]
pingback on 29/Oct/06 at 1:14 am # :
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pingback on 29/Oct/06 at 12:47 pm # :
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pingback on 01/Nov/06 at 3:15 am # :
[...] Admin Drop Down Menu: este plugin te facilitará enormemente la navegación por el panel de administración de Wordpress. [...]
pingback on 01/Nov/06 at 10:18 am # :
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pingback on 04/Nov/06 at 9:34 pm # :
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pingback on 05/Nov/06 at 2:34 am # :
[...] h3>Admin Drop Down Menuh3> p>This a href=“http://planetozh.com/blog//my-projects/wordpress-admin-menu-drop-down-css/” target=“_blank”>plugina> replaces admin menu and submenu with a 2 level horizontal CSS dropdown menu bar. It saves me so much time and clicks!p> h3>Customized More Linkh3> p>A simple plugin that adds a CSS class to the default “read more” link tag, by a href=“http://txfx.net/” target=“_blank”>Mark Jaquitha>.p> [...]
pingback on 07/Nov/06 at 12:57 am # :
[...] Admin Drop Down Menu Adds a menu bar to the WordPress admin menu, saving you lots of clicks. [...]
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[...] Admin Drop Down Menu Adds a menu bar to the WordPress admin menu, saving you lots of clicks. [...]
pingback on 07/Nov/06 at 11:07 am # :
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thought, on 08/Nov/06 at 11:10 pm # :
I love that plugin since it really saves a lot of time.
Unfortunately it doesn’t work with IE7, the second line of navigation is being placed over the first one, which makes it hard to navigate of course… ;-)
pingback on 08/Nov/06 at 11:35 pm # :
[...] Breadcrumb-Nav-xt –> alles wird übersichtlicher German_Permalinks –> wegen schöneren Permalinks Google_Sitemaps –> für den Ãœberblick Admin Drop Down Menu –> für die Schnelligkeit WP-ContactForm –> da ich die Kommentare ausgeschaltet habe. [...]
pingback on 11/Nov/06 at 2:58 pm # :
[...] 11 de Novembro de 2006 Admin Drop Down Menu fazendo blogueiros mais felizes 11 de Novembro de 2006 O Jânio achou e deu a dica. Quem for esperto, vai instalar o Admin DropDown Menu que faz com que os menus do painel do WP sejam dinâmicos, sensÃveis ao passar do mouse. [...]
pingback on 12/Nov/06 at 8:55 pm # :
[...] Excelente dica do meu conterrâneo Thallis Valle: Quem for esperto, vai instalar o Admin Drop Down Menu que faz com que os menus do painel do WordPress sejam dinâmicos, sensÃveis ao passar do mouse. [...]
pingback on 22/Nov/06 at 6:23 pm # :
[...] Certos plugins são tão simples e, ao mesmo tempo, tão úteis, que não raras vezes me levam ao seguinte questionamento: “por que ninguém pensou nisso antes?”. O Admin Drop Down Menu é um deles. [...]
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thought, on 04/Dec/06 at 7:52 pm # :
Hi,
I have been using this plugin for the last 10 months or so, and thoroughly enjoy it. But is has broken since IE7 came out. Could you take a look at it and hopefully update its code so it becomes compatible with Crapsoft’s IE7.
Thanks.
pingback on 04/Dec/06 at 11:08 pm # :
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