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 16/May/07 at 12:14 pm # :
[...] Admin Drop Down Menu - Now you don’t have to reload the page in the administration control panel anymore to see the subpages - it shows up once you rollover the page. Duh! Why didn’t I think of that? [...]
pingback on 16/May/07 at 10:31 pm # :
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pingback on 23/May/07 at 12:21 am # :
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commented, on 01/Jun/07 at 9:13 pm # :
Any chance of updating this for IE7?
thought, on 03/Jun/07 at 9:47 pm # :
Some day. I swear. :)
thought, on 07/Jun/07 at 1:18 am # :
This don’t works well in IE Explorer 7.
pingback on 20/Jun/07 at 12:37 pm # :
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wrote, on 29/Jun/07 at 9:56 pm # :
Just wondering, because I have close to 30 plugins installed — the Options submenu bulges out and intrudes on the other submenus, only appearing normal when I hover over Options. Is there any way you could fix this?
said, on 29/Jun/07 at 10:21 pm # :
Saturnine » yes, I came to the same problem over the years.
I’m thinking about it.
pingback on 30/Jun/07 at 12:36 pm # :
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replied, on 02/Jul/07 at 2:37 am # :
Awesome plug-in. thanks for making this available!
replied, on 03/Jul/07 at 5:37 am # :
I have a lot of activated plugins and “Options” submenu got 2 lines of links and when I’m in other tab like “Users”, the second line of “Options” submenu don’t disappear completely. Can I help you with the css file?
some screenshots:
http://picasaweb.google.com/rodriggomuniz/Screenshots?authkey=lvv-eoTJhr4
ps: sorry my bad English.
pingback on 03/Jul/07 at 12:31 pm # :
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replied, on 03/Jul/07 at 2:02 pm # :
I just change this lines:
/* Nested ULs */
$id li ul {
position:absolute;
left:-9000em;
}
I set ‘px’ to ‘em’ and the bug of 2 or 3 lines of links is fixed. :)
pingback on 03/Jul/07 at 3:28 pm # :
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pingback on 08/Jul/07 at 2:35 am # :
[...] Admin Drop Down Menu: This really goes good with another plugin on this list and prevent me from making more than one click. It allows for semi-transparent drop down menus of the links under main headings. For example, if you hovered over Presentation, Themes - Widgets - and Theme Editor would show in the semi-transparent menu. Incredibly helpful. [...]