Andrea Porotti

With Smart Admin Search you can quickly find contents in the WordPress dashboard without going up and down on the admin menu.
Just click on the top-right link or press a keyboard shortcut to open the search box, then type what you are looking for. Easy!
Currently Smart Admin Search can find:
<ul>
<li>admin menu items</li>
<li>posts</li>
<li>pages</li>
<li>users</li>
<li>media</li>
<li>custom post types contents</li>
</ul>
Configuration
Settings for the plugin are available on the Settings -> Smart Admin Search page.
Some things you can do in the settings page:
<ul>
<li>configure the keyboard shortcut to open the search box.</li>
<li>disable search functions you don’t need.</li>
<li>change layout of the search link on the admin bar</li>
</ul>
Permissions
The search box can be used by users of any role. Each user will get results available for the assigned role.
For pages and posts results, these actions will be triggered on result selection, according to the user permissions:
<ul>
<li>edit item</li>
<li>view item</li>
<li>show a message if no access to the item is allowed</li>
</ul>
Support
If you find any errors or compatibility issues with other plugins, please create a new topic in the support forum. Thanks!
Privacy
This plugin does not collect any user data. 
It does not set any cookies and it does not connect to any third-party services. 
All the plugin data is stored only on the WordPress database.

Smart Admin Search

This plugin adds a search engine to the WordPress dashboard.

UiPress

markuipress

A block based visual builder for the WordPress admin. Create admin pages, dashboards and WordPress admin themes with no code. From custom dashboards, profile pages to entire admin frameworks, the uiBuilder can do it all. Pre-made intuitive blocks and a library of professional templates make it super easy to transform the way your site users interact with your content.
<h3>Major features in ui press lite include:</h3>
<ul>
<li>A fast, modern and intuitive block based builder</li>
<li>Create functional admin pages and ui templates</li>
<li>Fully responsive templates</li>
<li>Developer friendly with an extendable API</li>
<li>Custom forms that can do anything, whether it be sending emails, passing form data to functions or saving the data to site options or user meta, UiPress has you covered.</li>
<li>Global styles system</li>
<li>Smart patterns for saving out templates and updating across all your templates</li>
<li>Over 50+ blocks and counting</li>
<li>Custom login pages</li>
<li>Google analytics</li>
<li>Woocommerce analytics</li>
<li>User role editor</li>
<li>Private user posts and media</li>
<li>Integrated php error log</li>
</ul>
<h3>A powerful builder that lets you customise everything</h3>
With the uiBuilder you are in control, it’s easy to use, lightning fast and packed full of features. Creating custom admin pages and UI frameworks that go beyond just the visual has never been so easy.
<h3>Forms that go the extra mile</h3>
The form block allows you to create and customise unique forms for any purpose. Whether it be sending emails, passing form data to functions or saving the data to site options or user meta, UiPress has you covered.
<h3>Beautiful login pages</h3>
Modernise the login experience for your site users with the ui press login page settings. Match the login page to your brand for a smooth user experience.
<h3>The uiBuilder is a modern web app and is built with Vue.js</h3>
UiPress has countless options and customisations built in including the option to override block templates. For those that want to go further we have a well documented and easy to use API for creating custom blocks, options and more.

UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages

Really this plugin is amazing, as is the support.

The best for customizing the WP dashboard


I've wanted an admin theme this nice for a very long time. There are some great admin themes out there, but this one looks the most like other modern web apps I've been using recently. Also, unlike other admin plugins / themes, so far there aren't a lot of weird quirks. Thank you for offering a free version of this.


Finally! Wow!

Effortless custom WordPress admin dashboards.

Smart Admin Search vs UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages