Mike Walsh

<p>The 2.5 release dramatically changed the layout of the WordPress Dashboard.<br />
This plugin implements an admin theme which results in the Dashboard looking<br />
similar (but not exactly) to how it looked prior to the 2.5 release.  This is<br />
implemented using CSS declarations which take precedence over those shipped<br />
with WordPress.</p>
<p>This plugin also supports Andy Staines’ <a href="http://www.stuff.yellowswordfish.com/admin-drop-down-menus/" title="Advanced Admin Menus" rel="nofollow ugc">Advanced Admin Menus</a> and similarly<br />
employs CSS declarations which take precendence over those shipped with the<br />
plugin.  The result is Advanced Admin Menus which look closer to those shipped<br />
in Andy’s pre-2.5 plugin.  The required “click” to activate a menu remains.</p>
<p>This plugin has been tested (but not exhaustively) with IE7, Firefox 2.x,<br />
Apple’s Safari all running on the Windows platform.  No other testing has<br />
been performed.  I personally use IE most of the time but that is largely<br />
due to some thing I use at work which require IE.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>I got the idea to do this after looking at the<br />
<a href="http://deanjrobinson.com/projects/fluency-admin/" title="Fluency Admin There" rel="nofollow ugc">Fluency Admin Theme</a>,<br />
which doesn’t support IE or I probably would have used it, and the<br />
<a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/baltic-amber-admin-themes-and-schemes/" title="Baltic Amber">Baltic Amber</a> theme.<br />
Fluency redesigns the Dashboard and Baltic Amber offers multiple color choices<br />
for the Dashboard.  After seeing how Baltic Amber loaded, I realized I<br />
could do something similar for the CSS declarations I wanted to change.<br />
It was surprisingly easy.</p>


Retro-Dashboard Admin Theme

This plugin implements an admin theme which results in the Dashboard looking similar (but not…

Ari Stathopoulos

Themeum

David Vongries

DannyCooper

Ignacio Cruz Moreno

wplemon

<p><a href="https://www.themeum.com/kirki/" rel="nofollow ugc">Kirki</a> is a customizer toolkit for WordPress. An open-source initiative by <a href="https://www.themeum.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Themeum</a> for WordPress theme developers.</p>
<p>Kirki allows you to build themes quicker & more easily. With over 30 custom controls ranging from simple sliders to complex typography controls with Google Fonts integration and features like automatic CSS & postMessage script generation, Kirki makes theme development a breeze.</p>
<h3>Features ✅</h3>
<ul>
<li>Increased Performance</li>
<li>Simplified API</li>
<li>Automatic CSS Generation</li>
<li>Automatic postMessage Generation</li>
<li>Partial Refresh</li>
<li>Conditional Logic</li>
<li>GDPR Compliance</li>
<li>Improved Page Speed</li>
<li>And more!</li>
</ul>
<h3>Controls 🎛️</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/background/" rel="nofollow ugc">Background Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/code/" rel="nofollow ugc">Code Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/checkbox/" rel="nofollow ugc">Checkbox Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/color/" rel="nofollow ugc">Color Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/color-palette/" rel="nofollow ugc">Color Palette Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/dashicons/" rel="nofollow ugc">Dashicons Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/date/" rel="nofollow ugc">Date Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/dimension/" rel="nofollow ugc">Dimension Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/dimensions/" rel="nofollow ugc">Dimensions Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/dropdown-pages/" rel="nofollow ugc">Dropdown Pages Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/editor/" rel="nofollow ugc">Editor Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/generic/" rel="nofollow ugc">Generic Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/image/" rel="nofollow ugc">Image Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/url/" rel="nofollow ugc">Link Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/multicheck/" rel="nofollow ugc">Multiple Checkbox Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/multicolor/" rel="nofollow ugc">Multicolor Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/number/" rel="nofollow ugc">Number Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/radio/" rel="nofollow ugc">Radio Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/radio-buttonset/" rel="nofollow ugc">Radio Buttonset Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/radio-image/" rel="nofollow ugc">Radio Image Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/repeater/" rel="nofollow ugc">Repeater Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/select/" rel="nofollow ugc">Select Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/slider/" rel="nofollow ugc">Slider Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/sortable/" rel="nofollow ugc">Sortable Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/switch/" rel="nofollow ugc">Switch Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/text/" rel="nofollow ugc">Text Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/textarea/" rel="nofollow ugc">Textarea Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/toggle/" rel="nofollow ugc">Toggle Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/typography/" rel="nofollow ugc">Typography Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/controls/upload/" rel="nofollow ugc">Upload Customizer Control</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/extensions/margin-padding/" rel="nofollow ugc">Margin & Padding Controls</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/extensions/headlines-dividers/" rel="nofollow ugc">Headlines & Dividers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/extensions/responsive-controls/" rel="nofollow ugc">Responsive Controls</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/extensions/input-slider/" rel="nofollow ugc">Input Slider</a></li>
<li><a href="https://docs.themeum.com/kirki/extensions/tabs/" rel="nofollow ugc">Tabs</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Documentation 📖</h3>
<p>You can find detailed documentation on how to use Kirki on https://www.themeum.com/kirki/</p>


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