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Admin Menu Editor
Tidy up your dashboard even if some menus resist hiding.
Healthy
87/100
Developers rely on this tool to organize the dashboard despite occasional menu hiding issues.
Active installs
~350,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 300k+
Rating
4.6★
311 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
0%
Holding steady
1,589 → 1,582 installs/day
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Holding steady · 0% in the last year
1,589/day a year ago→1,582/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayAdmin Menu Editor is well-regarded as a reliable and flexible tool for organizing the WordPress admin menu, trusted by developers across many client sites, though a small number of users report that hiding menu items doesn't always work for every plugin or built-in page.
What people like
- +Effectively cleans up and organizes a cluttered WordPress admin menu×7
- +Trusted and deployed across many client and production sites×3
- +Highly flexible and customizable for role-based menu control×3
- +Developer (Jānis) is responsive and helpful with support×3
- +Clean, uncluttered interface that is easy to use once understood×2
Common complaints
- −Hiding menu items does not reliably work for all plugins or built-in pages (e.g. YayMail, YoastSEO, and the Tools page remained visible despite being restricted)
- −UI is considered dated
- −Initial learning curve before features become intuitive
- −No built-in export/import for settings
- −At least one user reported the plugin simply did not work
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.43★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.60★
- 2%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 311 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-11★★★★★A comprehensive suite for customising entire backend.Suki
- 2026-02-19★★★★★We swear by this plugin, installed on all our sites!Erupt Media
- 2026-02-11★★★★★Separator with titlemoloko741-shot
- 2026-02-10★★★★★Helpfull PluginRalf R.
- 2026-02-06★★★★★The best dashboard menu editor !!mister pc
- 2026-02-01★★★★★Works well, well supported toofdittmar
- 2025-11-21★★★★★5 stars – and I'm using this plug-in on 8 websitesdigimarknz
- 2025-10-19★★★★★The Gold Standardkingfisher64
- 2025-10-13★★★★★Great plugindavidmara
- 2025-09-02★★★★★Does exactly what it says, easy to useWebSprite
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
1,784
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
1,713
Prior 7-day baseline
2,190
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
35,893
Mean release-day peak (30d)
2,595
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
+4.1%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
11%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.08
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
81%
5★ share in analyzed sample
2%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
+20%
Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.43 → 4.43★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered