Custom Adminbar Menus

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1. ★★★★★ McCage

   9.3y ago

   In building a site you often search for and add new plugins so I was looking for a quick way to access plugins and new plugins in the admin menu. This plugin does precisely that and more. I even didn’t have to build new admin menus to find the answer to my quest; the extra menu items are just there after activation of this usefull plugin. In my case, I could lose the theme option in the default admin menu. One does not change themes as often as one looks for a new plugin, but no problem if it still exists. I am sure I will find some new ways to use the extra admin menu items this plugin offers. Thanks!

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2. ★★★★★ cjgrasso

   10.3y ago

   good support, and great plugin.

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3. ★★★★★ Bubba

   12.3y ago

   This is a nice, simple, intuitive plugin that does exactly what you’d expect, and feels like a natural part of WP. In fact, in my opinion this should be added right into the core WP installation. The only thing it’s missing that I’d like to see is the ability to import/export the menu you’ve customized. When I have a few different WP installations, but want to add the same admin menu links, it’s painstaking to recreate the exact same menu structure and items; if this could just allow me to export a finished/customized menu and then import it into a different WP install, it’d make life SO much easier. (that’s why I gave it 4/5 stars, with that feature I’d give it 5 stars). Unfortunately it appears that the author has long abandoned this plugin. :/

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4. ★★★★★ adaldesign

   12.9y ago

   This plugin does exactly what it says with hardly any code (I love that!) or ambiguities. Exemplary plugin.

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5. ★★★★★ morespinach

   13.0y ago

   Amid the clutter of admin plugins, this is simplest, and does what it claims to do. Great stuff.

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6. ★★★★★ Morteza Nazari

   13.1y ago

   very very very tanks

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7. ★★★★★ Jim Krenz

   13.1y ago

   With Custom Adminbar Menus, I am able to add the menus that I use the most to the admin bar. You create the menus with WordPress’ own menu system, so it couldn’t be easier. This should be built into the WordPress core functionality! Thank you for making this—you made my day!

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8. ★★★★★ kisshomaru

   13.3y ago

   Very good plugin. Had to take 1 star off because it would not let me manage and/or remove the existing ones in there, or even add to existing menus in the admin bar. Other than that, does the job.

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2025-12-24 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2025-12-23 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
3. 2025-12-22 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
4. 2025-12-20 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier
5. 2025-12-18 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2025-12-17 300+ → 400+ up after 5 days in tier
7. 2025-12-12 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-12-11 300+ → 400+ up after 2 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Menu Image, Icons made easy 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility 80K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• Nav Menu Roles 70K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• Hide Admin Bar from Non-Admins 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• N Nav Menu Images 6K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
• LuckyWP ACF Menu Field 5K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B

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Custom Adminbar Menus: 300+ active installs, 4.8★ (9 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-30. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/custom-adminbar-menus