Aaron Rutley

<p>Very simple plugin to hide ‘non essential’ wp-admin functionality.<br />
This plugin is intended for select client projects where the client is an editor.</p>
<h4>Features include:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Overwrites a range of default wp-admin CSS with minimal styles</li>
<li>Hides the dashboard and directs admin’s or editor users to the edit pages screen</li>
<li>Hides non essential menu items & separators</li>
<li>Hides the WordPress admin bar (only front end)</li>
<li>Site link in the admin bar opens in new window</li>
<li>Local Development – admin bar colour change</li>
<li>Local Development – project quicklinks</li>
</ul>
<h4>Options to:</h4>
<ul>
<li>Hide Posts from the WordPress menu</li>
<li>Hide screen options tab and help tab</li>
</ul>
<h4>Works well with the following plugins:</h4>
<ul>
<li>ACF Theme Code : Typography styles</li>
<li>Yoast SEO : Hides SEO columns from the edit page / edit posts screens</li>
<li>Gravity Forms : Grants editor (client) access to manage Gravity Forms</li>
<li>Advanced Custom Fields Pro : Minimal field group listings</li>
<li>All in One SEO Pack</li>
<li>Simple Page Ordering</li>
<li>Admin Collapse Sub Pages</li>
</ul>


Minimal Admin

Very simple plugin to hide non essential wp-admin functionality

Holovid

<p>DIY Maintenance is the simplest way to activate a maintenance mode on your WordPress site, without bloating your system with unnecessary features.<br />
It allows you to:</p>
<ul>
<li>Choose any existing page to act as your maintenance screen</li>
<li>Enable or disable maintenance mode with a single checkbox</li>
<li>Ensure logged-in administrators can always access the full site</li>
</ul>
<p>No coding. No shortcodes. No custom post types. Just click and go.</p>
<h3>Arbitrary section</h3>
<p>Built with simplicity in mind, no custom frontend output or settings clutter.</p>


DIY Maintenance

A lightweight plugin that redirects all non-admin visitors to a custom "Coming Soon" page of your choice. Perfect for pre-launch websites.

Minimal Admin vs DIY Maintenance