Best admin menu plugins for WordPress
The most popular admin menu plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Admin Menu Search leads with 3K+ active installs, ahead of My Wp Brand (2K+) and Wider Admin Menu (2K+). All 100 plugins tagged “admin menu” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 admin menu plugins
- 1.
Admin Menu SearchThe most installed admin menu plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 14 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
My Wp Brand2K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
Wider Admin Menu2K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 21 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
Easy Hide Admin Menu Items1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 14 reviews, updated 4 days ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 5.Admin Options Pages
500+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 6.
Advanced Menu Manager Pro400+ active installs. Rated 3.7 from 22 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 7.
Reusable Blocks Admin Menu Option300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 8.Pending Indicator
200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 9.
Hide Admin Menu Items200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 10.Post Status Menu Items
100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
All 100 plugins tagged “admin menu”

Admin Menu Search
Down in the last 7 days:14#3,746by herchen2 months ago
Admin Menu Search adds a search box filter to the top of the WordPress Admin Menu so you can easily locate items on sites with lots of menus.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.9(14)
- Downloads
- 21/day

My Wp Brand
Up in the last 7 days:6#4,837by imw32 months ago
This plugin gives the facility for hiding and showing plugins and the admin menu, it also gives the options to customize WordPress branding.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 28/day

Wider Admin Menu
Down in the last 7 days:11#4,941by WP Chill11 months ago
Let your admin menu breathe.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(21)
- Downloads
- 14/day

Easy Hide Admin Menu Items
Down in the last 7 days:23#5,935by campusboy4 days ago
Simplify your WordPress admin experience effortlessly. Declutter menus, streamline workflow.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Admin Options Pages
Down in the last 7 days:40#9,135by Johannes van Poelgeest23 days ago
Create options pages, menus and fields without code. Use the values with get_option(), a shortcode or a block.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 16/day

Advanced Menu Manager Pro
Down in the last 7 days:115#9,528by Dotstore3 months ago
Create and manage menus of any size of your content-heavy wordpress blogs and websites. Simplified search and new comprehensive layout.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 3.7(22)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Reusable Blocks Admin Menu Option
Down in the last 7 days:82#10,040by Websites Built For You5 years ago
This plugin will add an option to the WordPress admin menu for quick access to the Manage Reusable Blocks page.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Pending Indicator
Up in the last 7 days:6#11,632by keha13 years ago
Show the number of pending posts waiting for approval in the admin menu, if any. Also automatically supports custom post types.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Hide Admin Menu Items
Up in the last 7 days:35#12,233by Charles-Alexandre Laurent4 years ago
Hide Admin Menu Items provide a small functionality to hide rarely used menu items. Very simple !
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Post Status Menu Items
Up in the last 7 days:51#13,284by mrwweb8 years ago
Adds post status links–e.g. "Draft" (7)–to post type admin menus and a few other nice goodies.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Missing Menu Items
Down in the last 7 days:206#16,136by Block Styles2 months ago
Adds missing menu items into your Appearance menu in the WordPress admin area to make maneuvering to useful WordPress editor features easy.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

ELU Hide Admin Menu
Down in the last 7 days:61#16,428by eLightUp8 years ago
Hide admin menu and admin bar items in WordPress admin area based on user role.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 3/day

Double Youpï Refined Admin Dashboard
Up in the last 7 days:1,651#17,144by Double Youpï3 days ago
A free admin theme with dark mode for WordPress: every screen redrawn, a menu you can reorder, notices in one place, Refined Media Library built in.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 119/day

Menu Organizer
Up in the last 7 days:313#17,214by iamraymund1 year ago
A simple plugin to organize your admin menus
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Zodan Mini Admin Menu
Up in the last 7 days:14#17,289by Marten Moolenaar1 month ago
This mini menu is super comfy: not the big default admin bar, but just a tiny button. Great when you are developing (or maintaining) websites.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Move Admin Menu Items
Down in the last 7 days:309#19,436by sierie857 years ago
Move admin menu items to an overview menu page.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Admin Menu Cleaner
Down in the last 7 days:85#19,671by Leo Diaconu2 years ago
Wp Admin Menu Wizard lets you hide the menu items you do not use very often.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Uplink Admin Menu Manager
Up in the last 7 days:760#19,879by Stephen Walker14 days ago
Organize WordPress admin menus with role-aware profiles and accessible collapsible groups.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Easy Admin
Down in the last 7 days:101#20,310by Vincent Dubroeucq6 years ago
Easy Admin simply allows you to hide rarely used menu items in the dashboard, to simplify day to day work.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Reenable Shortlink Item In Admin Toolbar
Down in the last 7 days:16#21,299by Kristopher Lagraff12 years ago
This plugin will display the shortlink menu item in the admin toolbar.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ACF Hider
#22,010by Daniel Post9 years ago
Hides the Advanced Custom Fields menu item in the Admin Dashboard.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Command Palette
Down in the last 7 days:284#23,021by Tung Du4 years ago
Bring the power of text editor command palette to WordPress Admin.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Maestro
#23,927by Dan Knauss10 days ago
Hide admin menu items per user role, rename them, reorder them, swap their icons — an inline admin menu editor you drive right on the menu itself.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Remove Tools Menu
Up in the last 7 days:87#27,551by Chuck Reynolds2 months ago
Super simple plugin to remove the Tools menu from WordPress Admin Menu
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

AdminSanity
Down in the last 7 days:138#28,582by Tony Hayes1 year ago
AdminSanity brings sanity through sanitization to your WordPress Admin Area. Cleanly.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Site Perspectives
Down in the last 7 days:1#29,033by PluginRx1 month ago
Build your site structure once, then share it with your team and your visitors: a drag and drop site tree, a sitemap shortcode and an admin menu tree.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SAA Admin Menu Controls
Up in the last 7 days:840#29,097by sdnet2 months ago
Simplify the WordPress admin for clients by hiding menus, toolbar items, and default dashboard widgets for selected roles.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Admin Menu in Frontend
#29,574by Kostya Tereshchuk25 days ago
Shows the WordPress admin menu on the public pages of your site, so every admin screen is one click away while you view the site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sortacular
Down in the last 7 days:1,432#29,819by Ronald Huereca1 month ago
Clean up your WordPress admin menus instantly by sorting menu items alphabetically. Sort menus like Settings and Tools, leaving Core items untouched.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SimpleBar
Up in the last 7 days:589#29,919by Luke Dunsmore5 months ago
Customise the Admin Bar and Admin Menu colours with live preview, presets, accessibility checks, and role-aware controls.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

The 9 Dollar Menu Valet
Up in the last 7 days:431#29,945by The 9 Dollar Plugins1 month ago
Take full control of your WordPress admin sidebar: hide items with a click, reorder them via drag & drop, and rename them to fit your workflow.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Useful Admin Menu
#30,297by ioannup3 years ago
The plugin automatically hides unused Admin Menu items and adds search box for menu items
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Manage WordPress Admin Menus Access
Down in the last 7 days:273#30,590by dbcoss6 years ago
Plugin is used to allow and hide the specific WP-Admin menus for the specific User Roles and User Names.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Admin Bar Tools
Down in the last 7 days:541#31,144by braveryk73 years ago
Admin Bar Tools gives you access to useful tools for running WordPress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
ReMenu
Down in the last 7 days:35#32,964by Jess4 months ago
Reorganize the WordPress admin sidebar by drag-and-drop: reorder, rename, nest, promote, group into sections, collapse and hide menu items.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day

Admin Menu Filter
Down in the last 7 days:461#33,021by alejandro.moreno.mvd29 days ago
Admin Menu Filter adds a search box to the WordPress admin interface that allows you to quickly filter and find menu items.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Top-Menu
Up in the last 7 days:139#33,823by Denis Tkach10 years ago
Move any menu items from the sidebar to the admin bar - to the new dropdown Top-Menu.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Toggle Admin Menu
Down in the last 7 days:133#34,637by DigitalME5 months ago
Allow users to toggle the visibility of the admin menu.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Admin Menu Restrictor
#36,496by Ram Vaithia Nathan1 year ago
Restricts the WordPress admin menu for non-admin users, showing only the \"Posts\" menu to simplify the interface and enhance security.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Search Admin Menus
Down in the last 7 days:1,810#37,933by Vinod Dalvi5 years ago
The plugin reduces your 40% time wasted on accessing admin menus.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Lazyest Gallery Hide Menu
Up in the last 7 days:3,558#38,277by isabel1046 years ago
Hide the Lazyest Gallery admin menu item from all users except administrators. Avoids users deleting your pictures.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 2/day
Blogify Posts Menu
#38,673by Amy Hendrix (sabreuse)14 years ago
A very simple plugin to rename the "Posts" menu in the admin to "Blog".
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ultimate Admin Bar
Up in the last 7 days:2,808#39,088by ahuggins12 years ago
Move the admin menu from the left of the screen to be incorporated with the admin bar. Significantly reduces the admin menu screen real estate.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
WP Float Admin Menu
#39,212by Ola12 years ago
Re-positions your wordpress admin menu from the left side to the top. Have a less cluttered admin area for you or your clients to use
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Better Admin Reading
Up in the last 7 days:3,031#40,344by wycks13 years ago
Restores balance to WordPress 3.8's admin. Improves the admin experience especially if you have a lot of menu items.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Admin Goto
#42,487by Fabrizio Meinero8 years ago
The 'Admin Goto' plugin promises to speed up access to the admin system. With one keyboard short cut, a dialog will popup where you can filt …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Menu Class by 010Pixel
Up in the last 7 days:1,894#43,058by 010pixel8 years ago
Admin Menu PHP Class helps developer easily create menus and submenus in WordPress Admin Panel
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
Right Click Menu
Down in the last 7 days:6,138#43,251by Suman Biswas9 months ago
User will get a site menu by mouse right click on any page. Admin can set a menu from admin menu section.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

RoleMatrix
Down in the last 7 days:3,365#43,271by Mohammadreza Maghsoudipour2 months ago
A powerful plugin to manage user roles, capabilities, and admin menu access with advanced URL restrictions.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

SRKP Role Based Admin Menu
Down in the last 7 days:3,228#44,272by keshav4803 months ago
Control and customize WordPress admin menu and submenu visibility dynamically for each user role with role-based access rules.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day