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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pingback on 27/Dec/06 at 6:00 pm # :
[...] Fiz uma investigação aqui no meu blog com os plugins que tenho instalado. E detectei dois deles que fazem esse trabalho “sujo”. São eles: Admin Drop Down Menu e Landing sites. [...]
said, on 29/Dec/06 at 4:40 am # :
Ótimo plugin muito útil para o blog.
pingback on 30/Dec/06 at 2:55 am # :
[...] [Admin Drop Down Menu] - For people with lot of things installed in their WordPress, this plugin will be a time saver. When installed, you don’t need to click on top menu items in Admin menu, just hover your mouse and it will display the sub menu items just beneath that. This demo page is best to explain how it works. [...]
pingback on 03/Jan/07 at 6:32 pm # :
[...] I’ve added several new plugins to my blog. Some you will see, and others that you will not. The first 2: Admin Drop Down Menus and Tiger Style Administration are the one’s you will not see. The other one though, Show Top Commentators, you will see. It is being displayed below everything else. I am still working on the CSS of it but overall it is working. [...]
commented, on 05/Jan/07 at 9:48 pm # :
A great Plugin! Good Work!
pingback on 10/Jan/07 at 3:00 pm # :
[...] Admin Drop Down Menu: Este plugin simplifica a utilização do menu e submenus no Painel de administração do Wordpress, diminuindo a quantidade de cliques para executar uma tarefa. [...]
replied, on 13/Jan/07 at 12:17 am # :
Great plug-in! Makes administrative changes a lot quicker — thanks for developing this!
commented, on 15/Jan/07 at 6:45 am # :
I just want to know if there’s a solution that somebody may have regarding the multi-line options display. Otherwise, I love the plugin, I just can’t take how it can become an annoyance if you have more than one row in your options.
pingback on 16/Jan/07 at 3:54 am # :
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pingback on 18/Jan/07 at 12:42 pm # :
[...] Não satisfeito com o Firefox baixei no site da Microsoft a atualização do Internet Explorer 7, e quer saber, prefiro o Firefox. Está horrível de navegar com o Ie 7. A navegação também é com abas, porém é muito mais fru-fru que o próprio Firefox. Além do que, o plugin Admin Drop Down Menu não funciona no Ie 7! Agora o que me resta é ou usar o firefox ou o Ie 6, como antes. [...]
wrote, on 20/Jan/07 at 12:35 am # :
This doesn’t work with recent versions of WP Tiger Administration (v 2 or 3 it seems…).
Are you going to be updating this? I would love to use the Tiger Admin interface, but just can’t give up my Admin Drop Down menus! It’s tearing me apart!!!
(WP 2.0.x, Tiger Admin 3.0, tested on Firefox 2 Mac and others)
Help us Obi-Wan Kodemonki. You’re our only hope!
thought, on 21/Jan/07 at 9:06 pm # :
I use WP Tiger 3 and the dropdown menu works fine here.
Latest WP 2.07
Tiger Admin 3.0
FF 2.0.0.1
pingback on 24/Jan/07 at 9:31 pm # :
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pingback on 24/Jan/07 at 9:58 pm # :
[...] Primeiro grande achado: Admin DropDown menu. Nenhum benefÃcio para o usuário final, mas para o administrador, que usa a ferramenta administrativa do Wordpress… uma economia de horas de clicks! [...]
replied, on 24/Apr/07 at 10:54 pm # :
Get plugin - would it be difficult to use a similar set-up for a WP home page?
Any chance of a free-lance project to achieve this?
Thanks!
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pingback on 28/Apr/07 at 7:03 pm # :
[...] #5: Admin Dropdown Menu - It may seem useless at first, but when it’s crunch time and you need to go to a lot of different places in your WordPress administration panel, Admin Dropdown Menu saves you a lot of clicks and time. Seriously, it makes using the admin side a lot more easy and efficient. [...]
commented, on 15/May/07 at 3:28 pm # :
Maybe time to tune it up for firefox 2.0? It’s a bit messed up in FF 2.0.. but I don’t know that much about lists, divs and css layouting that I can adjust the error myself..
pingback on 16/May/07 at 11:32 am # :
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