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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

Admin Drop Down Menu

Current version of the plugin is for WordPress 2.5+ only. Scroll down for older versions.

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 :

Download 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:

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:

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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  1. 101
    Fabio Centenaro Brazil »
    commented, on 07/Dec/06 at 12:50 pm # :

    Hey! It ain’t working with IE7.
    Just wanted to let ya know.
    Great plugin, though.
    Thanks!

  2. 102
    List of useful Wordpress Plugins - Reape... United States »
    pingback on 08/Dec/06 at 5:11 am # :

    [...] Admin Drop Down Menu : Save clicks on your administration panel with this plugin .. (i think wordpress should include features like this in the future) [...]

  3. 103
    GEsTaLt’s bLoG » Blog Archiv... Taiwan »
    pingback on 10/Dec/06 at 10:53 am # :

    [...] Admin drop down menu 管理介面下拉選單 不用滑鼠可以少點幾次 [...]

  4. 104
    aaa at Viagens United States »
    pingback on 11/Dec/06 at 10:11 pm # :

    [...] Admin Drop Down Menu v1.3, de Ozh Integra o menu e os submenus do painel de admnistração do WordPress - com um clique só, você acessa qualquer tarefa. [...]

  5. 105
    Street Ranger Serbia and Montenegro »
    thought, on 12/Dec/06 at 5:38 pm # :

    It really speed up my work on the dialup connection. Thank you for sharing with us! :)

  6. 106
    Building alexking.org 2.0, part 7: Plugi... United States »
    pingback on 13/Dec/06 at 9:58 pm # :

    [...] Admin Drop Down Menu - written by Ozh, this is a great time saver. [...]

  7. 107
    Tiger Admin 3.0 Release at orioa Japan »
    pingback on 14/Dec/06 at 9:44 am # :

    [...] ちなみに、 Wordpress Plugin : Admin Drop Down Menu « planetOzh を使えば、Tiger Admin でも、Drop Down Menu を使うことができます。 なかなか使い心地は良いです。 [...]

  8. 108
    jafer Canada »
    said, on 14/Dec/06 at 3:46 pm # :

    Great plugin. Much more handy than clicking and clicking and finding out you went to the wrong spot in the first place to have to go back and click.

    I also tried it with tiger-admin but that one wouldn’t show for me, so it’s yours and yours only.

  9. 109
    上贼船 at Helled Heaven United States »
    pingback on 14/Dec/06 at 4:20 pm # :

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  10. 110
    wing China »
    replied, on 15/Dec/06 at 4:24 am # :

    Hi, thanks for the great plugin!
    I have a small problem when using Admin Drop Down Menu with WP-DBManager 2.05.
    This is the correct admin page URL of WP-DBManager:
    …/wp-admin/admin.php?page=dbmanager/database-manager.php
    After activate Admin Drop Down Menu the URL changes to:
    …/wp-admin/dbmanager/database-manager.php?page=dbmanager/database-manager.php
    Any help?

  11. 111
    感受Wordpress的强å¤... United States »
    pingback on 15/Dec/06 at 5:52 pm # :

    [...] Admin Drop Down Menu  增加后台管理功能, “减少超级多的后台鼠标点击次数”, 必备! [...]

  12. 112
    Ygor Abreu Design - » Plugins Word... Brazil »
    pingback on 19/Dec/06 at 2:14 am # :

    [...] Tutorial em português. Ad Rotator Banners rotativos no seu blog. RSS Footer Plugin totalmente brazuca feito por Bruno Alves. Com esse plugin você pode por um banner no rodapé de cada post. Related Posts  Esse plugin é o famoso Posts relacionados. Ele mostra os posts relacionados ao post que está visualizando.Muito bom. Google Sitemap Faça o sitemap do seu blog com esse plugin. Democracy Tutorial em Português. O  melhor sistema de enquetes que eu conheço.Muito fácil de costumizar.  Todo controlado pelo painel de administração.Funciona em AJAX. Menu Drop Down no seu Painel de Administração: Esse plugin faz abrir um menu drop down mouse-over no painel.Prático e eficiente. [...]

  13. 113
    Ygor Abreu Design - » Wordpress Pl... Brazil »
    pingback on 19/Dec/06 at 2:33 am # :

    [...] Menu Drop Down no seu Painel de Administração: [...]

  14. 114
    幺贰和叁 » å®... United States »
    pingback on 19/Dec/06 at 5:30 am # :

    [...] Admin Drop Down Menu v1.3 [...]

  15. 115
    Bon Great Britain (UK) »
    replied, on 19/Dec/06 at 7:57 pm # :

    Hey Ozh, just to let you know I installed this plugin on 2.0.5 and it works like a charm. This would be a great feature to include in the official WordPress releases in the future. Good work!

  16. 116
    53MILES » Blog Archive » The... Netherlands »
    pingback on 20/Dec/06 at 6:01 pm # :

    [...] Oh and when you’re at it, combine this with the Admin Drop Down menu for ultimate quickness. [...]

  17. 117
    jafer Canada »
    replied, on 21/Dec/06 at 9:32 pm # :

    Quick question… everything was working fine and then I got the windows update that prompted me to install IE7. I usually use Avant browser (which is IE based), but now that IE7 is installed, the CSS doesn’t show properly - the main links mix with the sublinks.

    Do you know of a way I can fix this? It works fine still in Firefox, but that browser is my second choice.

  18. 118
    Ozh France »
    replied, on 21/Dec/06 at 11:02 pm # :

    Note for IE7 users : chances that I will use this browser any time soon are slightly under 0%. Chances that I will fix this plugin for this browser are equals :)

  19. 119
    jafer Canada »
    commented, on 21/Dec/06 at 11:44 pm # :

    Thanks very much for your quick response.

  20. 120
    j david macor.com | Wordpess Tiger Admin... United States »
    pingback on 23/Dec/06 at 3:47 am # :

    [...] Download Admin Drop Down Menu [...]

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