Best interface plugins for WordPress
The most popular interface plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Custom Admin Interface leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of Radio Buttons for Taxonomies (20K+) and Clean WP Admin Menu (500+). All 21 plugins tagged “interface” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 interface plugins
- 1.
WP Custom Admin InterfaceThe most installed interface plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 160 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
Radio Buttons for Taxonomies20K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 50 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.0.
- 3.
Clean WP Admin Menu500+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 17 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 4.
BWD Elementor Addons400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 25 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Page Theme200+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 12 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.0.
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Old Style Admin UI100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
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Sort Admin Menus30+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 8.
Better Admin Reading10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 9.
WP APP JSON10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.7.41.
- 10.
Custom Term Colors10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
All 21 plugins tagged “interface”
WP Custom Admin Interface
Down in the last 7 days:2#1,079by Northern Beaches Websites9 months ago
With WP Custom Admin Interface you can easily customise the WordPress admin and login interfaces.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 4.7(160)
- Downloads
- 92/day
Radio Buttons for Taxonomies
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,154by HelgaTheViking1 year ago
Replace the default taxonomy boxes with a custom metabox that uses radio buttons... effectively limiting each post to a single term in that taxonomy.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 5.0(50)
- Downloads
- 178/day
Clean WP Admin Menu
Down in the last 7 days:35#8,605by borantula10 years ago
You can make rarely used items in the admin menu hidden.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.9(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day
BWD Elementor Addons
Down in the last 7 days:15#9,656by Best WP Developer2 months ago
The Addons bundle is a plugin that offers various widgets and preset designs to enhance the design capabilities of the page builder.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(25)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Page Theme
Down in the last 7 days:22#11,642by CyanSmoker14 years ago
Specify the theme (not template, that is already taken care of by Wordpress) you wish to use with each given page or blog post.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.1(12)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Old Style Admin UI
Down in the last 7 days:83#15,988by Darken-x6 years ago
If you didn't like the new Wordpress 5.3 accessibility blue style for the buttons and other parts of the admin UI, this plugin is for you.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sort Admin Menus
Down in the last 7 days:38#23,739by Janis Elsts9 years ago
Sorts the items in the "Settings" and "Tools" menus in alphabetical order.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 3/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
WP APP JSON
Up in the last 7 days:6,689#40,825by zxial12 years ago
The WP-APP-JSON is a plugin that provide json data to mobile apps, you can use keywords to search your posts and get detail webpage.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Custom Term Colors
Up in the last 7 days:1,618#44,081by Andrei Surdu7 years ago
Provides an easy to use interface to assign colors to any term from any taxonomy.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
ES Custom Fields Interface Version
Down in the last 7 days:4,927#46,286by djenzoes5517 years ago
This plugin adds form element(s) in Write Post panel and/or Write Page panel, which act as a custom field(s) of Post and/or Page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Explorer Soft Admin Shell
Up in the last 7 days:18,197#54,130by explorersoft5 months ago
Transforms the classic WordPress admin into a modern desktop-style workspace with windows, shortcuts, Spaces, native dashboard apps, and a taskbar.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GlotCore REST API
#56,307by meloniq (Andrzej Piotrowski)9 months ago
Extends GlotPress with REST API endpoints for programmatic access to translation data.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Neat Admin Menu
#59,201by blas8 years ago
This plugin allows each WP user to customize the appearance of the admin menu, by hiding and arranging the order of the menu items.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
FocusEdit
Up in the last 7 days:11,807#60,573by antoromani12 days ago
Enhance the block editor interface with floating panels, manual pinning, and smart expansion. No database required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Quick Panel
Down in the last 7 days:7,946#73,692by ivanchernyakov4 years ago
Adds a menu to the right side. Add your favorite posts and other useful buttons there for quick access.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day