Admin Customization
Customize your Wordpress backend.
The facts
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 29 Oct 2011
- Added
- Mar 2011
- Requires WP
- 3.2
- Tested up to
- WP 3.2.1
- Downloads
- 26,104
Our analysis
AI-assistedAdmin Customization is a WordPress plugin that allows you to modify the appearance of the backend interface of your WordPress site. You can change elements such as the backend favicon, logo, and footer text, as well as hide certain admin features like update notices and dashboard widgets. This plugin is particularly useful for users who want to personalise the admin area for branding or usability purposes.
The plugin also addresses some user experience issues in WordPress, such as clickable logos and dropdown list sizing. It is suitable for site administrators looking to enhance the visual aspects of their WordPress backend, especially those who may want to create a more branded experience for their clients or users.
Best for: Site administrators seeking to customise the WordPress backend appearance.
What it does well
- ✓Change backend favicon and logo
- ✓Hide admin logo text and image
- ✓Disable dashboard widgets
- ✓Corrects some WordPress UX issues
- ✓Translations available in Romanian and French
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in October 2011
- •Tested up to WordPress 3.2.1
- •Limited active installs
Verdict
Admin Customization offers basic features for altering the backend interface. However, its outdated status may limit compatibility with newer WordPress versions.
From the developer
Alex Ciobica's own description of Admin Customization, lightly tidied.
Admin Customization allows you to change the appearance of your WordPress backend.
The plugin allows you to:
- change the backend favicon.
- change the backend logo.
- hide the admin logo text and / or logo image.
- change the logo text font size.
- change the login page logo with a logo of any width.
- change the admin footer text.
- disable dashboard widgets.
- hide update notices and plugin update count.
- turn on redirection to homepage on administration panels logout.
Translations available:
- Romanian
- French
The plugin also corrects some WordPress UX mistakes like not being able to click on the backend or on the login logos, and the fact that the user info dropdown list is mistakenly 2px larger than the dropdown header.
Author
You should should follow me (@ciobi) on twitter.
Plugin Last Updated
October 30th, 2011
Translations
- Romanian
Credits
- [Cristi Burcă] (http://scribu.net), for scbFramework (http://scribu.net/wordpress/scb-framework), the plugin framework on which this plugin was built