Compact Admin
Compact Admin simply makes the posts and pages lists in the admin pages more compact.
Maintenance 61/10086d since update
Active installs
80
Downloads
4,652
Reviews
1
Age
14.9y
Plugin info
Total downloads: 4,652
Active installs: 80
Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 11/25/2025 (86 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 4/18/2011 (14 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: f
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: f
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Actively maintained • Last updated 86 days ago • 1 reviews
61/100
Is Compact Admin abandoned?
Likely maintained (last update 86 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: f
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: f
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Description
Compact Admin simply makes the posts and pages lists in the admin pages more
compact. Instead of taking up two lines of text, plus excessive margins, only
one line is used per post/page. It also replaces the cluttery en dashes with
whitespace.
Plugin’s Official Site
Compact Admin is released as open source and can be used, modified and
redistributed in any way possible.
Installation
- Put the compact-admin directory in your wordpress plugins directory, ie /wp-content/plugins/.
- Activate Compact Admin in the Plugins section of the WordPress admin.
Frequently Asked Questions
No FAQ available
Review feed
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Changelog
1.3.3
- Fix issue with Compact Admin not getting triggered when editing posts of ‘post’ post type.
1.3.2
- Fix version in readme & template
1.3.1
- Security fix
- Small css tweaks.
1.3.0
- Added settings page.
- Small css tweaks.
1.2.0
- Updated selectors for WordPress 4.6.
1.1.4
- Small css tweak.
1.1.3
- Misc css tweaks.
1.1.2
- Only load the css & script on the posts and pages page.
- Enqueue the css WordPress-style.
- Misc css tweaks.
1.1.1
- Additional css fixes for 3.9.
1.1
- Css fixes for WordPress 3.9.
1.0.1
- Fixed path to css problem when wp install isn’t in the domain root.
1.0
- Initial release.

