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Best Admin Dashboard Customization plugins for WordPress

Categories Site Management

Plugins that customize, organize, restrict, or white-label the WordPress admin dashboard and its menus for administrators and user roles.

Read from 131,237 plugin records - figures refreshed 5 hours ago

141 Plugins classified here Out of the plugins that have been through the classifier so far
2.0M Combined active installs Summed across the published bands, so read it as an order of magnitude
4.70 Average rating Across the 131 here that carry a rating at all

The plugins

Plugins in Admin Dashboard Customization

Ranked by active installs; plugins in the same published band share a rank. Each page has a maintenance check and the alternatives.

#1

Hello Dolly

hello-dolly 500K installs · 4.4 stars
#2

Admin Menu Editor

admin-menu-editor 300K installs · 4.6 stars
#3

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)

admin-site-enhancements 200K installs · 5.0 stars
#3

White Label CMS

white-label-cms 200K installs · 4.7 stars
#5

Adminimize

adminimize 100K installs · 4.7 stars
#5

Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications

disable-admin-notices 100K installs · 4.7 stars
#7

Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard

ultimate-dashboard 50K installs · 4.6 stars
#8

WP Admin UI Customize

wp-admin-ui-customize 30K installs · 4.6 stars
#8

WP Custom Admin Interface

wp-custom-admin-interface 30K installs · 4.7 stars
#10

AGCA – Custom Dashboard & Login Page

ag-custom-admin 20K installs · 4.5 stars
#10

Hide Admin Bar

hide-admin-bar 20K installs · 4.5 stars
#10

Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability

hide-admin-bar-based-on-user-roles 20K installs · 3.9 stars
#10

Hide Admin Notices

hide-admin-notices 20K installs · 4.6 stars
#10

WP Dashboard Notes

wp-dashboard-notes 20K installs · 4.6 stars
#10

Hide Dashboard Notifications

wp-hide-backed-notices 20K installs · 3.9 stars
#16

Add Admin CSS

add-admin-css 10K installs · 4.9 stars
#16

Admin CSS MU

admin-css-mu 10K installs · 4.5 stars
#16

Admin Notices Manager

admin-notices-manager 10K installs · 4.9 stars
#16

Branda – White Label & Branding, Free Login Page Customizer

branda-white-labeling 10K installs · 4.5 stars
#16

Dash Notifier

dash-notifier 10K installs
#16

Dashboard Notepad

dashboard-notepad 10K installs · 4.6 stars
#16

Dashboard Welcome for Elementor

dashboard-welcome-for-elementor 10K installs · 4.1 stars
#16

Disable WP Notification

disable-wp-notification 10K installs · 4.3 stars
#16

Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins

hide-admin-bar-from-non-admins 10K installs · 4.3 stars
#16

Hide Admin Menu

hide-admin-menu 10K installs · 4.9 stars
#16

Simple Admin Language Change

simple-admin-language-change 10K installs · 4.7 stars
#16

User Admin Simplifier

user-admin-simplifier 10K installs · 5.0 stars
#16

White Label – WordPress Custom Admin, Custom Login Page, and Custom Dashboard

white-label 10K installs · 5.0 stars
#29

My WP Customize Admin/Frontend

my-wp 8K installs · 4.3 stars
#29

Remove admin menus by role

remove-admin-menus-by-role 8K installs · 4.4 stars
#29

Superb Helper

superb-helper 8K installs
#32

Announce from the Dashboard

announce-from-the-dashboard 7K installs · 4.3 stars
#32

Hide admin notices – Admin Notification Center

wp-admin-notification-center 7K installs · 5.0 stars
#34

Add Logo to Admin

add-logo-to-admin 6K installs · 4.6 stars
#34

Admin Bar Position

admin-bar-position 6K installs · 4.2 stars
#34

Adminify – White Label, Admin Menu Editor, Login Customizer

adminify 6K installs · 4.3 stars
#34

Slate Admin Theme

slate-admin-theme 6K installs · 4.7 stars
#34

UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages

uipress-lite 6K installs · 4.1 stars
#34

WP EXtra – One Click Optimize

wp-extra 6K installs · 4.9 stars
#40

Hide Admin Toolbar

hide-admin-toolbar 5K installs · 5.0 stars
#40

Unbloater

unbloater 5K installs · 5.0 stars
#40

WPMasterToolKit (WPMTK) – All in one plugin

wpmastertoolkit 5K installs · 5.0 stars
#43

Admin Color Schemes

admin-color-schemes 4K installs · 4.8 stars
#43

Assistant – Every Day Productivity Apps

assistant 4K installs · 4.9 stars
#43

Dashboard Widgets Suite

dashboard-widgets-suite 4K installs · 4.9 stars
#46

Admin Bar Editor – Toolbar Customization with User Role based access & Custom menus

admin-bar 3K installs · 4.4 stars
#46

Admin Menu Search

admin-menu-search 3K installs · 4.9 stars
#46

Admin Tools

admin-tools 3K installs · 4.7 stars
#46

Aquila Admin Theme

aquila-admin-theme 3K installs · 4.4 stars
#46

Auto Hide Admin Bar

auto-hide-admin-bar 3K installs · 4.8 stars
#46

Better Admin Bar

better-admin-bar 3K installs · 4.8 stars
#46

Customize Admin

customize-admin 3K installs · 3.6 stars
#46

Hide WP Admin Notifications

hide-wp-admin-notifications 3K installs · 5.0 stars
#46

استایل مدیریت وردپرس

wp-administration-style 3K installs · 4.7 stars
#46

WpRedesigned – Beautiful Custom Admin Theme

wpredesigned-beautiful-custom-admin-theme 3K installs · 4.4 stars
#46

WPS Notice Center

wps-notice-center 3K installs · 5.0 stars
#57

Clarity – Ad blocker for WordPress

clarity-ad-blocker 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#57

Dashboard Sticky Notes

dashboard-sticky-notes 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#57

Dashboard Welcome for Beaver Builder

dashboard-welcome-for-beaver-builder 2K installs · 4.7 stars
#57

Hide All Notices

hide-all-notices 2K installs · 4.0 stars
#57

Make Disable Admin Email Verification Prompt

make-disable-admin-email-verification-prompt 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#57

My Wp Brand – Hide menu & Hide Plugin

my-wp-brand 2K installs · 4.0 stars
#57

Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu

ozh-admin-drop-down-menu 2K installs · 4.9 stars
#57

Ultimate Client Dash

ulimate-client-dash 2K installs · 4.8 stars
#57

Wider Admin Menu

wider-admin-menu 2K installs · 4.7 stars
#57

WP Clean Admin Menu

wp-clean-admin-menu 2K installs · 5.0 stars
#67

Admin Color Schemer

admin-color-schemer 1K installs · 3.5 stars
#67

Admin Customizer

admin-customizer 1K installs · 4.9 stars
#67

Azigen

azigen 1K installs
#67

Backend Designer

backend-designer 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#67

Bottom Admin Toolbar

bottom-admin-toolbar 1K installs · 4.5 stars
#67

CiviCRM Admin Utilities

civicrm-admin-utilities 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#67

Dashboard Columns

dashboard-columns 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#67

Dashboard To-Do List

dashboard-to-do-list 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#67

OpenStation – Admin Dashboard Notes, Custom Dashboard, AI Assistant & PWA

desktop-mode 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#67

Disable Admin Dashboard Notices – Get a distraction free WordPress backend

disable-admin-dashboard-notices 1K installs · 3.4 stars
#67

Easy Hide Admin Menu Items

easy-hide-admin-menu-items 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#67

Enhanced Admin Bar with Codex Search

enhanced-admin-bar-with-codex-search 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#67

Fancy Admin UI

fancy-admin-ui 1K installs · 4.4 stars
#67

Hide Admin Bar From Front End

hide-admin-bar-from-front-end 1K installs · 4.2 stars
#67

Jetpack Without Promotions

hide-jetpack-promotions 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#67

Material Admin Theme

material-admin-theme 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#67

No Nonsense

no-nonsense 1K installs · 4.5 stars
#67

Pantheon HUD

pantheon-hud 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#67

Remove Admin Bar logo

remove-admin-bar-logo 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#67

Remove Site Health From Dashboard

remove-site-heath-from-dashboard 1K installs · 4.0 stars
#67

Unnotifier — disable admin notices individually

unnotifier 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#67

Sticky Notes for WP Dashboard

wb-sticky-notes 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#67

What Template

what-template 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#67

WP Notification Center

wp-notification-center 1K installs · 4.1 stars
#67

WPDevDesign – Oxygen – Navigator

wpdevdesign-oxygen-navigator 1K installs · 5.0 stars
#92

Admin Dashboard Last Edits

admin-dashboard-last-edits 900 installs · 5.0 stars
#92

Hide WP Toolbar

hide-wp-toolbar 900 installs · 4.9 stars
#94

AdminPad

adminpad 800 installs · 5.0 stars
#94

Dashboard Commander

dashboard-commander 800 installs · 4.8 stars
#94

Default Admin Color Scheme

default-admin-color-scheme 800 installs · 4.7 stars
#94

Unagi

unagi 800 installs · 5.0 stars
#98

Admin Help Docs

admin-help-docs 600 installs · 5.0 stars
#98

Dashboard quick links widget

dashboard-quick-link-widget 600 installs · 5.0 stars
#98

Video Dashboard

video-dashboard 600 installs · 5.0 stars
#98

WP Extended – Modular WordPress Toolkit

wpextended 600 installs · 4.9 stars
#102

Contextual Adminbar Color

contextual-adminbar-color 500 installs · 5.0 stars
#102

Dashboard Notes

dashboard-notes 500 installs · 4.7 stars
#102

Disable File Editor

disable-file-editor 500 installs · 5.0 stars
#105

Admin Bar Fix

admin-bar-fix 400 installs · 5.0 stars
#105

Dashboard Cleaner

dashboard-cleaner 400 installs · 5.0 stars
#105

WP Frontend Admin – Display WP Admin Pages in the Frontend

display-admin-page-on-frontend 400 installs · 4.9 stars
#105

JAMP Notes (Just Another Memo Plugin)

jamp-notes 400 installs · 5.0 stars
#105

WP Dashboard Messages

wp-dashboard-messages 400 installs · 5.0 stars
#110

KeepInMind Dashboard Notes

keepinmind-dashboard-notes 300 installs · 5.0 stars
#111

Advanced Settings 3

advanced-settings 200 installs · 3.9 stars
#111

Multiadmin — Simplifies admin, secures your site, and accelerates your site

better-by-default 200 installs
#111

Easy Backend-Style – Custom WordPress admin and dashboard design

easybackendstyle 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#111

F4 Simple White Label

f4-simple-whitelabel 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#111

Fiber Admin

fiber-admin 200 installs
#111

Hello World

hello-world 200 installs
#111

Homepage Helden Contact Info

homepage-helden-contact-info 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#111

Notice Vault – Hide, Manage & Organize Admin Notices

notice-vault 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#111

Smart Admin Assistant

smart-admin-assistant 200 installs · 3.3 stars
#111

View Shortcodes

view-shortcodes 200 installs · 5.0 stars
#121

Admin Menus Fixed

admin-menus-fixed 100 installs · 4.3 stars
#121

Akari Worker

akari-worker 100 installs
#121

Simple Dashboard Todo

dash-todo 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#121

FA WP Admin Menu Icons

fa-wp-admin-menu-icons 100 installs · 4.2 stars
#121

Hide Admin Icons

hide-admin-icons 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#121

MM Admin Bar Manager

hide-admin-navbar 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#121

MC Good-bye Howdy

mc-good-bye-howdy 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#121

Missing Menu Items

missing-menu-items 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#121

NHR Hide Admin Notice | WP Dashboard Notice Cleaner

nhrrob-hide-admin-notice 100 installs
#121

PowerUp – Admin Tools (Login/Logout Redirects, Scripts & Comments Control)

powerup 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#121

Remove WP Admin Bar

remove-wp-admin-bar 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#121

WP Easy Replace Howdy

replace-howdy 100 installs
#121

Siiimple

siiimple 100 installs
#121

Tambar – Bottom Admin Bar

tambar 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#121

Top Bar Links, add custom links to the admin top bar

top-bar-links 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#121

Videos on Admin Dashboard

videos-on-admin-dashboard 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#121

WP Basic Elements

wp-basic-elements 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#121

Clean WP Admin Theme – Simple design

wp-clean-admin-theme 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#121

WP Comment Humility

wp-comment-humility 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#121

WP Extend Toolbar

wp-extend-toolbar 100 installs · 5.0 stars
#141

DarkAdmin – Dark Mode for Adminpanel

darkadmin-dark-mode-for-adminpanel 90 installs · 3.0 stars

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