A couple of days ago I wrote a tutorial on how to display content for only the admin to see. I kept thinking a bit more about what else I could do with this WordPress trick and I ended up creating the WP Easy Admin plugin. I’m no PHP guru, and I’ve never made a WordPress plugin before, so go easy on me!
Introduction
WP Easy Admin is a WordPress plugin that creates a navigation bar at the top of your site, with quick access links to the default WordPress admin panel options pages (Dashboard, Write, Manage, etc.). The navigation bar is only visible to administrators who are logged in.
Screenshots
The WP Easy Admin Options Panel
WP Easy Admin Navigation Bar
Download
Click here to download the WP Easy Admin plugin.
Installation & Activation
- Upload the “easy-admin” folder to your plugins directory at /wp-content/plugins
- Login to the WordPress admin panel and click on “Plugins”
- Look for “WP Easy Admin” and click on “Activate” to install
Usage
This plugin requires the following tags to work correctly:
- <?php wp_head(); ?>
- <?php wp_footer(); ?>
This plugin uses wp_head to place some of the Javascript and CSS in the section of your site and wp_footer to place the actual navigation bar and links.
Customization
The following options are available for customization through the WP Easy Admin options panel:
- Background color
- Link color
- Link hover color
- Font family
- Font size
- Text Align
- Text shadow color
Licenses and Credits
- This plugin has been released under GPL
- Chrome CSS Drop Down Menu (v2.01)
Feedback and Support
If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions about this plugin, please leave a comment on this post or contact us using our contact form.
Note
Towards the end of the development stage for this plugin, I wanted some feedback so I had a few buds test it out. I was told by one of them that there’s a plugin like this that already exists! I was pretty disappointed but I’ve decided to release it just for the hell of it. Enjoy!
Post Revisions:
- 6 August, 2010 @ 3:47 [Current Revision] by michael castilla
- 6 August, 2010 @ 3:47 by Ryan Imel
- 5 August, 2010 @ 5:50 by Ryan Imel
- 26 January, 2008 @ 20:53 by Ryan Imel
Posted January 26, 2008
Hafiz Rahman said:
Just because a similar plugin’s been done, doesn’t really mean you should stop doing something like that — especially if you have improvements over the other one.
Congrats for this plugin, would love to use and learn from it!
on January 26, 2008 at 9:09 pm
Michael Castilla said:
@Hafiz: Yeah very true. Thanks for the support!
And sure go ahead. Play with it and see what else you can come with!
on January 26, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Rob La Gesse said:
I’ve played with hundreds of plugins – this one is just useful! Very cool. Keep it up!
Rob
on January 26, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Michael Castilla said:
@Rob: Thanks for stopping by and for your comment. I’m glad you like it.
on January 26, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Mike Smith said:
I’m going to test this out over the next couple of days. Thanks for the plugin!
on January 26, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Ryan said:
Nice original idea.
Your code is nice and simple too, so easy to modify for php noobs if necessary.
on January 26, 2008 at 10:45 pm
Michael Castilla said:
@Mike: Sweet, let me know how it goes!
@Ryan: Haha yeah, never realized that. Must be cause I’m a PHP noob
on January 26, 2008 at 10:47 pm
Ryan said:
I am even more of a PHP noob than you are. I’ve learned quite a lot from your script. In fact I’m using the method you used to create your options page to control the look of my own plugin … http://ryanhellyer.net/2008/01/14/suckerfish-wordpress-plugin/
So I will now be able to offer my users the ability to control the look of their dropdown navigation via the admin panel rather than making them wade through the CSS file to make changes (or errors more likely).
Thank you very much
on January 27, 2008 at 1:20 am
Michael Castilla said:
@Ryan: Sweet man. That’s great
Maybe you can hook me up with a credit link?
on January 27, 2008 at 8:09 am
Lewis said:
Great pluggin Mike, I will use in my blog on my site. Keep it up.
P.S: I dugg it for you
on January 27, 2008 at 11:56 am
Michael Martine said:
Nice one, Michael. Good job. Making a good idea better is always a winner.
on January 27, 2008 at 11:30 pm
Michael Castilla said:
@Lewis: Thanks for the digg!
@Michael: Thanks bro. Yeah I think this plugin has some cool features the other one didnt.
on January 27, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Leanne said:
VERY nice plugin! I’ve got it going and styled it up a bit – very functional. The only recommendation I’d have would be that the color settings in the plugin admin effect the dropdown as well. This is really handy!!
on January 28, 2008 at 11:37 am
Jeromy said:
Didn’t work for me man, must be conflicting with another plugin. Just got a big white space at the top of my page. Too bad, looks awesome
on February 9, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Ryan said:
Michael – I’ve finally released a Beta version of my plugin. I’ve added a credit to you in the readme.txt file in the History section. Once it comes out of Beta status I’ll upload this to the WordPress Plugins repository and your link will appear on the official WordPress site automatically.
http://ryanhellyer.net/2008/02/20/suckerfish-plugin-11-beta/
on February 21, 2008 at 4:12 am
Dere Otu said:
thanks..
on July 4, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Devon Strang said:
Fantastic idea and execution. This plugin made my morning.
on August 4, 2008 at 10:42 am
Elizabeth Edwards said:
Works beautifully thank you… was a little unsure at first how to do the two tags…
on October 29, 2008 at 2:02 pm