W2O Admin Dropdown Menu

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1. ★★★★★ zonebattler

   6.1y ago

   This plugin is absolutely fantastic and I use it in all of my many WordPress installations. Actually, the horizontal admin menus have become so familiar to me that I’m quite irritated when I see a standard WordPress admin menu “right out of the box”. From my point of view, there is little or no room for improvement. However, since the plugin hasn’t been updated for more than two years, there is a “warning” shown on the plugin page in the plugin repository which states: “This plugin hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.” This may prevent new potential users from downloading and testing the plugin. My advice to the developer (if he’s still around): Provide an update, no matter how trivial it may be. Just add “tested for WordPress 5.0 compatibility” or something like that… Your plugin deserves far more attention!

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2. ★★★★★ solysergio

   7.3y ago

   Some users are surprised with the vertical menu. Most users prefer what they know.

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3. ★★★★★ perpetualjon

   7.8y ago

   My old, trusty admin menu plugin started acting strangely with some newer menu items. This little plugin nailed it perfectly. Thanks!!!

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4. ★★★★★ raygulick

   8.0y ago

   I was excited to find this plugin, as Ozh Dropdown Admin Menu is no longer maintained. However, it ignores changes made to the menu by Admin Menu Editor: still displays menu items that were hidden, and does not show reorganization of menu items. That makes it pretty much useless to me. UPDATE: plugin now compatible with Admin Menu Editor. Like W2O even better than Ozh Admin Menu, which I’m going to replace in about 60 sites over the next few days. Good job, Shisher! This topic was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by raygulick. Reason: developer addressed issue

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5. ★★★★★ cheesybeanoz

   8.1y ago

   This does what it was intended to do, so big thanks to the dev.

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6. ★★★★★ Li-An

   9.3y ago

   If you need such a feature, this plugin is interesting. But it seems it does not manage items showing on admin top bar. No more problem with this and it may be an interference with another plugin. This topic was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by Li-An. Reason: found a problem This topic was modified 9 years, 1 month ago by Li-An. This topic was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by Li-An.

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7. ★★★★★ Sergio

   9.6y ago

   This plugin works perfect. It fulfills its function perfectly. Other plugins leave the whole menu unadjusted and with poor visualization, this works very well 🙂

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8. ★★★★★ dittox

   9.6y ago

   win extra space

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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. 2025-12-17 200+ → 100+ down after 3 days in tier
2. 2025-12-14 300+ → 200+ down after 79 days in tier
3. 2025-09-26 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
4. 2025-09-23 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
5. 2025-09-22 400+ → 300+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2025-09-20 300+ → 400+ up after 13 days in tier
7. 2025-09-07 400+ → 300+ down after 74 days in tier
8. 2025-06-25 300+ → 400+ up after 6 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).

• Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu 2K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags D
• Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility 80K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• Nav Menu Roles 70K+ installs · 4.9★ · 2 shared tags A
• C Conditional Menus 60K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• WP Custom Admin Interface 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B

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W2O Admin Dropdown Menu: 100+ active installs, 4.9★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/w2o-admin-drop-down-menu