Best admin menu search plugins for WordPress
The most popular admin menu search 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 Admin Menu Filter (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “admin menu search” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 admin menu search plugins
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Admin Menu SearchThe most installed admin menu search plugin, with 3K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 14 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Admin Menu Filter10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 weeks ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “admin menu search”

Admin Menu Search
Down in the last 7 days:4#3,739by 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

Admin Menu Filter
#33,039by 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