Whether for yourself or for a client, customizing the WordPress dashboard is often something you want to do. From simple modifications to drastic changes, this article showcases free plugins that can help you to take control over your WordPress dashboard.
Ag Custom Admin
With this free plugin, you can change almost everything: admin menu and pages, login page, admin bar, etc. Another very interesting option is that the plugin lets you apply admin panel themes, though most of them aren’t free and not especially beautiful, in my opinion.
Free download: Ag Custom Admin
Admin Menu Editor
Admin menu editor allows you to manually edit the Dashboard menu via drag and drop. You can rearrange it, delete unnecessary items, and create custom menus/submenus.
Free download: Admin menu editor
Adminize
Free download: Adminize
White Label CMS
It also allows you to add custom logos to the header and footer as well as to the all important login pages, giving your client a better-branded experience of their new website.
Free download: White label CMS
WP Total Hacks
Bonus: Hacks
To complete this article, here is a list of hacks and code snippets that you can use to take control of your WordPress admin area. In this article, I’ll show you how you can keep logged in for a longer period of time, programmatically remove admin menu items, change WordPress dashboard colors, provide custom help messages to your users, and a lot more!
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