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Admin Menu Editor Pro
Admin Menu Editor Pro is designed for agencies and site owners who need to reshape the WordPress dashboard for different users. It can reorganize menus, apply role- or user-specific visibility rules, create custom entries, and transfer configurations between installations.
PluginNest file-validatedZIP downloadUpdated May 23, 2026
Overview
Admin Menu Editor Pro focuses on the WordPress back end rather than front-end navigation. Its main use case is simplifying a dashboard for clients, editors, or internal teams by moving items, changing labels, hiding unnecessary entries, and creating links to frequently used admin pages. The Pro edition adds controls that are particularly relevant to multi-user workflows, including per-role permissions, user-specific exceptions, import and export of menu configurations, and options for opening items in a new window or iframe. The plugin is installed from a ZIP file and can be activated normally or deployed across a WordPress Multisite network. A network or mu-plugin setup changes who can edit the configuration: the documentation states that super administrators control the editor in that arrangement, while other users receive the customized dashboard. Because menu visibility and access settings can interact with capabilities supplied by other plugins, site owners should verify each role on staging, confirm that important recovery paths remain available, and check custom admin pages after plugin or theme updates.
Reorder dashboard items with a drag-and-drop editor, including moving entries between submenu and top-level locations.
Show or hide admin menu items for roles, capabilities, or individual users.
Change menu titles, URLs, access settings, icons, colors, and related item properties.
Create custom admin menu entries, including links to dashboard pages, external URLs, embedded content, or non-clickable section headings.
Import and export custom menu configurations for reuse on other sites running the Pro plugin.
Configure menu items to open in a new browser window or an iframe.
Use shortcodes in supported menu fields for dynamic site or user-related values.
Compatibility and setup context
- The official installation documentation supports normal ZIP installation through Plugins → Add New → Upload.
- WordPress Multisite is supported through network activation or a global mu-plugin installation.
- In a network or mu-plugin deployment, the documentation says that only the super administrator can access the menu editor while other users see the customized dashboard.
- When upgrading from the free Admin Menu Editor, the documented process is to deactivate the free plugin without deleting it, install Pro, and then confirm that settings were imported.
- Test role permissions, custom admin pages, and interactions with other dashboard-modifying plugins on staging before production deployment.
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- The official product page documents drag-and-drop organization, role-, capability-, and user-based visibility, custom menu items, import/export, iframe or new-window behavior, shortcodes, and Multisite support.
- The official Pro upgrade page documents per-role menu permissions, user-specific exceptions, and import/export of custom menu configurations.
- The official FAQ lists Pro-only capabilities including import/export, role-based permissions, iframe or new-window links, shortcodes, and menus accessible to a specific user.
- The official installation guide documents ZIP installation, upgrading from the free version without deleting its settings, and normal, network, or mu-plugin Multisite deployment.
- The official WordPress.org page confirms that Admin Menu Editor edits dashboard menus and supports changing titles, URLs, icons, permissions, visibility, custom menus, and menu placement.
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Version 2.33.4
Product Details
Version
2.33.4
Last Updated
May 23, 2026
File Size
4.1 MB
License
GPL
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