Chris P.

<p><strong>DashLinks – Dashboard Shortcut Buttons</strong> adds a customizable widget to the WordPress Dashboard so admins can jump to important areas in one click.</p>
<p>Use the plugin settings page to build your own shortcut button set, reorder buttons with drag-and-drop, and style the widget to match your admin theme.</p>
<h3>Main Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Custom buttons with links set by the user.</li>
<li>Custom dashboard widget title.</li>
<li>Configurable button grid with 1-10 columns.</li>
<li>Drag-and-drop button ordering.</li>
<li>Dashicon picker for each button.</li>
<li>Fully customizable button appearance and style.</li>
<li>Per-button link target behavior (open in same tab or new tab).</li>
<li>Optional row fill behavior for incomplete rows.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Appearance controls</h3>
<ul>
<li>Button colors (normal and hover)</li>
<li>Text color, font size, and font weight</li>
<li>Icon size, spacing, and icon position (left, top, right, bottom)</li>
<li>Button padding, button gap, and shadows</li>
<li>Live preview in settings, including dashboard column preview modes.</li>
</ul>
<p>Default shortcuts are included for common actions like View Site, New Post, Media Library, Plugins, and Settings.</p>
<h3>Development & Support</h3>
<p>This plugin is fully developed by Chris P.(exp7) [<a href="https://github.com/exp7" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>], mainly after a specific use case for personal use and it is published as is, with no quarantees of future updates or support included.</p>


DashLinks – Dashboard Shortcut Buttons

Adds a customizable Dashboard widget with quick shortcut buttons for common WordPress admin tasks and pages.

Drew Jaynes

<p>Usher brings Gmail-like keyboard shortcuts for navigating around the various core pages of the WordPress admin.</p>
<p>Additionally, it includes a robust API for registering new global and screen-specific keyboard shortcuts.</p>
<p>To register new shortcuts, use the Usher\register_shortcut() function. For example:</p>
<p><em>Add a shortcut for the EDD Dashboard</em></p>
<pre><code>Usher\register_shortcut( 'g d', array(
    'label' => __( 'Navigate to the EDD dashboard', 'textdomain' ),
    'url'   => 'edit.php?post_type=download',
    'cap'   => 'manage_shop_settings'
) );
</code></pre>
<p><em>Add a shortcut for the Jetpack Dashboard</em></p>
<pre><code>Usher\register_shortcut( 'g j', array(
    'label' => __( 'Navigate to the Jetpack dashboard', 'textdomain' ),
    'url'   => 'admin.php?page=jetpack',
    'cap'   => 'manage_options',
) );
</code></pre>


Usher

Adds keyboard shortcuts for navigating around the WordPress admin.

DashLinks – Dashboard Shortcut Buttons vs Usher