hannesklingvall

SCAD (Simple Custom Admin Dashboard) transforms your WordPress admin into a beautiful, efficient workspace. Perfect for content creators, agencies, and store owners who want a better admin experience.
🎯 Free Features:
<ul>
<li>Custom Dashboard – Replace the default WP dashboard with shortcuts to your most-used admin pages</li>
<li>Modern Design – Clean, professional interface with light/dark/auto color schemes</li>
<li>Quick Access Cards – One-click shortcuts to Posts, Media, Pages, Comments, WooCommerce, and more</li>
<li>Fully Responsive – Works perfectly on desktop, tablet, and mobile</li>
<li>White Label – Customize menu titles and welcome text</li>
<li>Easy Setup – Works out of the box with sensible defaults</li>
</ul>
💎 Pro Features (separate plugin):
<ul>
<li>Notifications – See plugin updates, pending comments and form submissions at a glance</li>
<li>Admin Menu Styling – Custom background, text, hover and active colors for the sidebar</li>
<li>Widgets – WooCommerce stats and Quick Actions on your dashboard</li>
<li>Custom Shortcuts – Add your own cards linking to any URL</li>
<li>Drag & Drop – Reorder cards with drag and drop</li>
<li>Export / Import – Save your setup and deploy it to any site in seconds</li>
<li>Custom Color Theme – Create a fully custom color scheme</li>
</ul>
Pro is available as a separate add-on at <a href="https://hannesklingvall.se/scad-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">hannesklingvall.se/scad-plugin/</a>
🔌 Works Great With:
<ul>
<li>WooCommerce</li>
<li>Gravity Forms</li>
<li>WP Super Cache / W3 Total Cache / WP Rocket</li>
<li>Elementor</li>
</ul>
🛡️ Security First:
<ul>
<li>Follows WordPress coding standards</li>
<li>All inputs sanitized and escaped</li>
<li>Nonce verification on all AJAX requests</li>
<li>Capability checks throughout</li>
<li>No data collection or tracking</li>
</ul>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
This plugin does not: 
* Track users 
* Send data to external servers 
* Use cookies 
* Collect any personal information
All settings and data stay on your WordPress installation.

SCAD – Custom Admin Dashboard

A modern, customizable WordPress admin dashboard. Clean interface, quick access shortcuts, and intuitive workflow.

Nikita Hlopov

Dashboard Shortcuts lets you create a personalized menu of links to any page in your dashboard: including posts, pages, settings, builders, theme dashboards, and more.
You can also add links to external resources, even outside your dashboard.
Use it as your bookmarks or favorites list to quickly access your most-used tools, documentation, or external resources, all from the admin bar.
Perfect for developers, site administrators, and content managers who want faster navigation to their frequently used pages.
The plugin is fully compatible with popular page builders (WPBakery, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Oxygen, Brizy, Visual Composer, etc.) and will not render or load the shortcuts bar in builder/editor iframes, preventing conflicts and ensuring a clean editing experience.
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Custom Shortcut Links: Add unlimited custom links with titles and URLs</li>
<li>Admin Bar Integration: Your shortcuts appear under the admin bar for instant access</li>
<li>Bookmark Any Page: Add links to any dashboard page (posts, pages, settings, builders, themes) or any external website</li>
<li>Page Builder Compatibility: The shortcuts bar automatically detects builder/editor iframes and will not render or load in those environments (WPBakery, Elementor, Beaver Builder, Oxygen, Brizy, Visual Composer, etc.)</li>
<li>New Tab Option: Choose whether links open in the same tab or a new tab</li>
<li>Easy Management: Simple settings interface to add, edit, remove and order your shortcuts</li>
<li>Add current page: Quickly add the current admin page as a shortcut with one click</li>
<li>Toggle Visibility: Enable or disable the shortcuts menu as needed</li>
</ul>
<h4>Contribute</h4>
This plugin is open-source! You can contribute, report issues, or suggest improvements on GitHub: 
<a href="https://github.com/nikitahl/dashboard-shortcuts" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub Repository</a>

Dashboard Shortcuts

Add custom shortcut links to your admin bar. Create bookmarks and favorites for quick access to frequently used pages and tools.

SCAD – Custom Admin Dashboard vs Dashboard Shortcuts