Minimal Admin

Very simple plugin to hide ‘non essential’ wp-admin functionality.
This plugin is intended for select client projects where the client is an editor.

Features include:

• Overwrites a range of default wp-admin CSS with minimal styles
• Hides the dashboard and directs admin’s or editor users to the edit pages screen
• Hides non essential menu items & separators
• Hides the WordPress admin bar (only front end)
• Site link in the admin bar opens in new window
• Local Development – admin bar colour change
• Local Development – project quicklinks

Options to:

• Hide Posts from the WordPress menu
• Hide screen options tab and help tab

Works well with the following plugins:

• ACF Theme Code : Typography styles
• Yoast SEO : Hides SEO columns from the edit page / edit posts screens
• Gravity Forms : Grants editor (client) access to manage Gravity Forms
• Advanced Custom Fields Pro : Minimal field group listings
• All in One SEO Pack
• Simple Page Ordering
• Admin Collapse Sub Pages

1. Upload Minimal Admin to /wp-content/plugins/
2. Activate the Plugin via the plugins menu

How do I enable the quicklinks dropdown ?

So your project links appear in the quicklinks dropdown under the W icon in the admin bar you need to:

First, define your local URL in wp-config.php or functions.php as this only works on local.

define('LOCAL_URL', 'http://minimaladmin.dev');

Secondly, add a function similar to the following to your theme’s functions.php

function minimal_admin_project_links() {
    $minimal_admin_project_links = array(
        array("Local","http://localurl.com"),
        array("Staging","http://stagingurl.com"),
        array("Trello","http://trellourl.com"),
        array("Git Repo","http://gitrepourl.com")
    );
    return $minimal_admin_project_links;
}

1. 

   Before (when logged in as an editor / client)

2. 

   After (when logged in an an editor / client)

2.3.0

• Local Development – Project quicklinks feature added
• Local Development – Admin bar colour change
• Minor CSS tweaks for Yoast SEO 3.4
• Minor CSS tweaks for ACF Pro
• Minor CSS tweaks for WP 4.6
• SVG icons for Admin Collapse Sub Pages

2.2.0

• Compatibility with WP Rocket
• Compatibility with All in One SEO Pack Pro
• Minor CSS tweaks for WP 4.3 compatibility
• Minor CSS tweaks for ACF 5.2.9 compatibility
• Minor CSS tweaks to keep Plugins list screen minimal
• Tested against wptest.io sample data

2.1.0

• Minor CSS tweaks for WordPress v4.0+ compatibility
• Minor CSS tweaks for ACF v5.0+ Pro compatibility
• Minor CSS bug fix for Firefox on lists of pages
• Minor CSS tweaks for WordPress multisite
• Remove howdy from admin menu bar
• Fix for redirection error for some user roles

2.0.1

• Bug fix for Gravity Forms / Backup Buddy menu conflict

2.0.0

• Major Update which includes compatibility with WordPress 3.7, MP6 & various other plugins.

1.0.1

• Original Commit