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Best WordPress Plugins for Administration

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Administration

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for administration comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Adminimize Best overall 89/100
  2. 2. Remove Dashboard Access 84/100
  3. 3. Automatic Domain Changer 79/100
  4. 4. Error Log Monitor 75/100
  5. 5. Admin Menus Fixed 73/100
  6. 6. WPCore Plugin Manager 72/100
  7. 7. aapanel WP Toolkit 68/100
  8. 8. Plugin Toggle 63/100
  9. 9. WS Force Login Page 63/100
  10. 10. Slash Admin 55/100
  11. 11. Easy Maintenance Mode 53/100
  12. 12. WP Hide Dashboard 52/100
  13. 13. HideMeIn 52/100
  14. 14. Site Health Tool Manager 51/100
  15. 15. Users by Date Registered 51/100
1 Adminimize
Best overall Free by WP Media

Adminimize

Adminimize that lets you hide 'unnecessary' items from the WordPress backend

4.7★
from 254 ratings
200k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
89

WPScore

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2 Remove Dashboard Access
Free by TrustedLogin

Remove Dashboard Access

Disable Dashboard access for users of a specific role or capability. Disallowed users are redirected to a chosen URL. Get set up in seconds.

4.6★
from 78 ratings
30k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
84

WPScore

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3 Automatic Domain Changer
Free by nuagelab

Automatic Domain Changer

Automatically detects a domain name change, and updates all the WordPress tables in the database to reflect this change.

4.3★
from 29 ratings
10k+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
79

WPScore

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4 Error Log Monitor
Free by Janis Elsts

Error Log Monitor

Adds a Dashboard widget that displays the latest messages from your PHP error log. It can also send logged errors to email.

4.3★
from 48 ratings
20k+
active installs
Updated
Oct 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
75

WPScore

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5 Admin Menus Fixed
Free by spherical

Admin Menus Fixed

Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu + WordPress Toolbar & Admin Menu Fixed to the Top and Side of the Admin Screens. Less Scrolling!

4.3★
from 3 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
May 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
73

WPScore

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9 WS Force Login Page
Free by Silver Muru

WS Force Login Page

Redirecting user to login page if not logged in, working also with domains what includes umlaut letters like ö, ä, õ, ü

4.5★
from 2 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
May 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
63

WPScore

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10 Slash Admin
Free by Giorgos Sarigiannidis

Slash Admin

Dozens of settings aiming at creating a friendlier administration environment for both Administrators and Editors.

5★
from 9 ratings
500+
active installs
Updated
Mar 2024
Tested to
WP 6.4.10
55

WPScore

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12 WP Hide Dashboard
Free by Drew Jaynes

WP Hide Dashboard

Hide the Dashboard menu, Personal Options section and Help link on the Profile page from your subscribers when they are logged in.

5★
from 20 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Nov 2017
Tested to
WP 4.1.0
52

WPScore

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13 HideMeIn
Free by Daniele Alessandra

HideMeIn

HideMeIn is a WordPress Plugin that hides you from other users’ eyes. Once installed and activated no one will see you in administrators’ dashboard, n …

5★
from 1 ratings
100+
active installs
Updated
Oct 2023
Tested to
WP 6.4.10
52

WPScore

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