Silkalns

WP Chill

Chris Dillon

Wider Admin Menu is a standalone plugin built, maintained & operated by the friendly folks over at <a href="https://www.machothemes.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">MachoThemes</a>.
Wider Admin Menu is a lightweight plugin that lets you set the width of your admin menu from the default <code>160px</code> up to <code>300px</code>.
A separate stylesheet is also included if you wish to avoid Yet Another Plugin. See FAQ.
This plugin will leave no trace! If you delete the plugin, all settings will be removed from the database. Guaranteed. However, simply deactivating it will leave your settings in place, as expected.

Wider Admin Menu

Great helper plugin! I just copied the css to my build system and made the width a scss variable. Fast adjustments! :))

Great helper


This should be the default Admin left navigation width!



Brilliant plugin - I just wish that Gutenberg editor and others recognised this width, as they seem to be left-aligned to the original width, hiding an important part of their interfaces.



Maybe there's another way to implement this? Or maybe an alternative would be knocking the font size down a couple of pixels but within the original width for less wrapped text, or maybe just change the way text wraps.



Nice try though, appreciate someone making the effort for the obvious issue that core has missed.


Should be default


I did not realize that narrow Admin Menu is what makes me uncomfortable until I saw this plugin. 



Installed it and it indeed does help.


Simple and it does help

martenmoolenaar

Zodan

In most of our custom WordPress themes, we like to view our pages without the admin bar. Still, while developing or maintaining a website, we like to have access to some of the most common admin items. This tiny menu helps a bit.
<h4>What does it do?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Show the WordPress “Edit post” action</li>
<li>Show an “Edit with Elementor” action (for those who care)</li>
<li>Show a link to the Dashboard</li>
<li>Show a link to the WP Network (if available)</li>
<li>Show a link to New posts (for public post types)</li>
<li>Show a link to Menus, Widgets, Plugins and Users sections</li>
<li>Show a link to ACF, Yoast SEO, WooCommerce, FluentForms, GravityForms and WPML (if available)</li>
<li>Show role-restricted custom links (to be added on the settings page)</li>
</ul>
This plugin is under active development. Any feature requests are welcome at <a href="plugins@zodan.nl" rel="nofollow ugc">plugins@zodan.nl</a>!

Zodan Mini Admin Menu

The big bar is always a nuisance while developing. Very happy that those days are gone when I use the z-mini-admin plugin. 

I especially love the small tab on the side (site :-) ) that really offers anything I need AND, as a bonus, is adaptable to my needs as well. Looking forward to future features.

Simply love it.

This mini menu is super comfy: not the big default admin bar, but just a tiny button. Great when you are developing (or maintaining) websites.

Wider Admin Menu vs Zodan Mini Admin Menu