Tony Hayes

AdminSanity brings sanity through sanitization to your WordPress Admin Area. Cleanly.
AdminSanity started as a Gist to address the WordPress Admin Menu clutter, automatically splitting and re-ordered menu to clean up the mess that appears as more and more plugins are added to a WordPress site. This idea was inspired by <a href="https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/47012" rel="nofollow ugc">this TRAC proposal for a “Simplified WordPress Admin Navigation”</a>, as a proof of concept for a potential core Feature plugin.
Now, it includes modules not just for cleaning up and improving accesss to both the Admin Menu and Admin Bar, but also includes a module for turning Admin Notice clutter at the top of your admin screen into an tabbed notice type display interface! This means a sigh of relief guaranteed, or your money back! (Actually nevermind – it’s free – just like your Admin Area soon will be free of clutter!)
Oh and plus did I mention it supports responsive width changes and admin colour schemes?! 😀
<h4>AdminSanity Menu</h4>
The AdminSanity Menu module automatically sorts the Admin Menu into three sections:
<ul>
<li>Content – Dashboard, all Post Types | Media, Links and Comments</li>
<li>Manage – Settings, [Plugin Settings], Appearance, Plugins, Users, Tools</li>
<li>Extensions – any other extra top level menu items not present by default</li>
</ul>
And, to add an extra layer of navigation accessibility, a meta-menu level has been added to each of the Admin Menu sections, with the corresponding labels: Content, Manage and Extensions. So that rather than trying to replace the existing Admin Menu design (which would be hard to make backwards compatible), it is just adapted to provide improved menu access.
Additionally, a new “Plugin Settings” menu item has been added, with any Settings submenu items moved there that are not there by default (ie. from WordPress itself.) This greatly improves the ease of navigation in your admin area when searching for either Core or Plugin settings.
Then, for even faster ease of access, an “Expand menu” icon has been added at the top of the Admin Menu (to complement the existing “Collapse menu” icon at the bottom) which expands to provide a full page three column display of the entire Admin Menu with all submenus expanded so you can instantly see every menu at once. Wow!
<h4>AdminSanity Notices</h4>
The AdminSanity Notice module attempts to solve probably the most long-standing thorn in any WordPress user’s side – the distracting amount of NOTICES at the top of every single Admin page! By providing a tabbed interface for notice types (Error, Update, Warnings, Messages, Notices), you get a colour-coded and at-a-glance display of how many notices of each type there are, so you can prioritize and stay on task.
Clicking on any of the notice types instantly displays all the notices for that type. Nice! And as an added bonus, if you want to access Notices by their user notice level, you can do that too. Clicking on the Notices label reveals an extra tab menu that is sorted by notice type instead: All, General, Network, Admin and User. Neat!
<h4>AdminSanity Bar</h4>
After experiencing the Admin Bar getting cluttered also and splitting itself into two lines (and thus making some of the bar items unclickable!) I decided to add some responsive height handling to fix the bar display when this happened. And also, add a new “Shuffle” Cycler icon to the start of the Admin Bar, which cycles the visibility of the different Admin Bar items. Each click of the icon will cycle through three display options, giving you faster access to what you were looking for:
<ul>
<li>All Bar menu items (Default Admin Bar view)</li>
<li>Default Bar menu items (added by WordPress)</li>
<li>Non-default Bar menu items (from plugins and themes)</li>
</ul>
And again, similar to the Admin Menu, for faster ease of access to all Admin Bar items at once, a “Dropdown” toggle item is added at the end of the Admin Bar, providing an expanded view of all bar menu items and their submenus (including nested submenus which are accessible via dropdown arrows for those submenu items.) Nifty!
<h4>Come Get Some Admin Sanity!</h4>
Isn’t it time for AdminSanity to bring some sanity back to your Admin Area?!

AdminSanity

AdminSanity brings sanity through sanitization to your WordPress Admin Area. Cleanly.

Alexander Kovalev

WP AI Factory

AdsDestroyer transforms your WordPress admin into a clean, distraction-free workspace by allowing you to disable admin ad elements and remove any unwanted notices with precision. Whether you want to focus on important tasks, disable admin ad banners and promotional notices, or customize your admin interface, this plugin provides the tools you need.
Perfect for: 
– Focus & Productivity: Hide distracting admin notices, promotional banners, and unnecessary UI elements to concentrate on your work 
– Brand Customization: Remove third-party branding, API keys, and sensitive information from admin screens 
– Clean Interface: Eliminate clutter by hiding elements that can’t be removed through standard WordPress settings 
– Client Management: Create cleaner admin experiences for clients by hiding complex settings and technical information 
– Development Workflow: Remove development notices, debug information, and testing elements from production admin
Key Features: 
– Visual Selection Mode: Click the admin bar button and visually select any element to hide 
– Smart XPath Engine: Automatically generates precise targeting rules with Chrome DevTools-style XPath generation 
– Flexible Duration: Set rules to hide elements forever or for specific time periods (hours, days, weeks, months) 
– Safe Removal: Uses HTML5 parsing with placeholder replacement to prevent broken layouts 
– Rule Management: Full CRUD interface to edit, activate/deactivate, and delete rules 
– Conflict Resolution: Automatically detects duplicate rules and offers to activate existing ones 
– Multisite Support: Per-site or network-wide rule management 
– Performance Optimized: Only processes admin pages, never affects frontend performance
We drew inspiration from these plugins: 
– Admin Menu Editor Pro 
– White Label CMS 
– Adminimize 
– Remove Admin Notices 
– Admin Columns Pro
<h3>Usage</h3>
Quick Start: 
1. Activate Selection Mode: Click the “Disable ad” button in the WordPress admin bar to disable admin ad elements 
2. Select Elements: Hover over any element to preview it, then click to select 
3. Choose Duration: Click “Hide block” and select how long to hide the element: 
 – Hide forever (permanent) 
 – For a day (24 hours) 
 – For a week (7 days) 
 – For a month (30 days) 
4. Element Hidden: The selected element disappears immediately and stays hidden based on your chosen duration
Managing Rules: 
– View All Rules: Go to Settings → AdsDestroyer to see all your hidden elements 
– Edit Rules: Click the edit button to modify XPath rules, add descriptions, or change expiration dates 
– Toggle Rules: Activate/deactivate rules without deleting them 
– Delete Rules: Remove rules you no longer need 
– Reset All: Clear all rules at once if needed
Advanced Features: 
– Visual Selection: The plugin automatically generates precise XPath rules using Chrome DevTools-style targeting 
– Conflict Detection: If you try to hide an element that’s already hidden, the plugin offers to activate the existing rule 
– Safe Removal: Uses HTML5 parsing to prevent broken layouts when hiding elements 
– Page Information: Automatically tracks which page each rule was created on for better organization
<h3>Multisite</h3>
<ul>
<li>By default, settings are per site.</li>
<li>Optional network-wide mode (planned toggle in settings) stores options as a site option across network.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Output Buffering</h3>
This plugin uses PHP output buffering (ob_start) to process HTML content in the WordPress admin panel. The buffering is only active in the admin area and never affects the frontend of your website.
Important for hosting providers: 
– The plugin does NOT use output buffering on frontend pages 
– Admin panel pages are rarely cached by hosting providers due to their personalized nature 
– If you have admin panel caching enabled on your hosting, it may cause conflicts with the plugin’s functionality 
– If you have problems with WordPress admin panel caching. We recommend disabling admin panel caching when using this plugin
Technical details: 
– The buffering is used to apply XPath rules to hide unwanted elements in the admin interface 
– No impact on frontend performance or caching
<h3>Development & Build Instructions</h3>
This plugin uses modern build tools for JavaScript and CSS compilation. To build the plugin from source:
Prerequisites: 
– Node.js (version 16 or higher) 
– npm (comes with Node.js)
Build Commands: 
– <code>npm install</code> – Install dependencies 
– <code>npm run build</code> – Build production assets and create distribution package 
– <code>npm run build:dev</code> – Build development assets (with source maps) 
– <code>npm run dev</code> – Build development assets (alias for build:dev)
Build Process: 
1. JavaScript files are compiled using Vite from <code>assets/js/</code> directory 
2. SCSS files are compiled to CSS from <code>assets/scss/</code> directory 
3. Compiled assets are output to <code>build/</code> directory 
4. Final distribution package is created as <code>build/compiled/ads-destroyer-[version].zip</code>
Source Files: 
– JavaScript: <code>assets/js/main.js</code>, <code>assets/js/admin-settings.js</code>, and related modules 
– SCSS: <code>assets/scss/index.scss</code>, <code>assets/scss/admin-settings.scss</code>, and component files 
– Build configuration: <code>vite.config.js</code>, <code>package.json</code>
Output Structure: 
– <code>build/js/</code> – Compiled JavaScript files 
– <code>build/css/</code> – Compiled CSS files 
– <code>build/compiled/</code> – Distribution packages
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Disable admin ad, notices, and unwanted elements in WordPress admin. Clean interface with precise XPath selectors.

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