Wider Admin Menu Reviews, Downloads & Maintenance

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.

Installation

Option A:

Go to Plugins > Add New.
Search for “wider admin menu”.
Click “Install Now”.

Option B:

Download the zip file.
Unzip it on your hard drive.
Upload the wider-admin-menu folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.

Option C:

Download the zip file.
Upload the zip file via Plugins > Add New > Upload.

Finally, activate the plugin.

By default, the plugin will set the width of the admin menu to 200px. Go to Settings > Wider Admin Menu to select a new width.

Frequently Asked Questions

I don’t need a plugin. Can I just add some code to my stylesheet?

Sure. That’s actually how this plugin started out. If you simply need a wider admin bar and you’re cool with CSS then try this:

Look in the plugin’s /css folder for the file wider-admin-menu.css.

Then either copy its contents to your theme’s stylesheet,

copy the file to your theme folder and add this to your theme’s functions.php to load it:

function wider_admin_menu() {
  wp_enqueue_style( 'wider-admin-menu', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/wider-admin-menu.css' );
}
add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', 'wider_admin_menu' );

That covers WordPress 4.0 and up.

For WordPress 3.8 to 3.9.2, substitute wider-admin-menu-38.css.

For WordPress 3.5 to 3.7.1, substitute wider-admin-menu-35.css.

For WordPress 3.3 to 3.4.2, substitute wider-admin-menu-33.css.

Need a hand? I’m on the support forum.

How can I contribute a translation?

Translate directly on wordpress.org. Thanks!

Leave no trace? What’s that about?

Some plugins and themes don’t fully uninstall everything they installed – things like settings, database tables, subdirectories. That bugs me. Sometimes, it bugs your WordPress too.

So this plugin will completely remove itself upon deletion. Deactivating the plugin will leave the settings intact, though. As an added bonus, you can switch off “Leave No Trace” so the settings remain after deletion, if you want.

Where do I report security bugs found in this plugin?

Please report security bugs found in the source code of the Wider Admin Menu plugin through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and notify the developers of this plugin.”

Review feed

Rasso Hilber

7/13/2020

Great helper

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

Marcus Quinn

5/31/2023

Should be default

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.

pedjas

7/14/2023

Simple and it does help

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.

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Changelog

1.4 – 2022-01-10

Changed slider with jquery ui slide
Removed extra script
Removed extra style
Added: Sanitization and escapes

1.3.2 – 2019-10-18

Fix WP Side Menu going over Gutenberg/Editor

1.3.1 – 2019-09-12

Translation ready
Created pot file

1.3 – 2018-12-09

Updated for WordPress version 5 and Gutenberg editor.

1.2.3 – 2017-11-16

Minor refactoring.
Removed translation file.

1.2.2 – 2017-09-04

Update URLs.

1.2.1 – 2017-04-14

Update URLs.

1.2 – 2016-06-24

New “Leave No Trace” icon.

1.1.3 – 2016-04-29

Add style for Query Monitor plugin.

1.1.2 – 2015-04-22

Fix minor JavaScript bug on Settings page.

1.1.1

Remove “RC” from version check.
Add uninstall.php.

1.1

Updated for WordPress 4.0.

1.0

Object-oriented refactor.
Improved i18n, ready for translations.

0.3

Use PHP version_compare function.
Fix footer style for WordPress 3.5 to 3.7.1.
Add “Alternate Method” instructions.
Use WordPress coding standards.

0.2.3

Updated for WordPress 3.8.2.

0.2.2

Added empty localization directory.

0.2.1

Version bump to trigger update message for anyone who downloaded my svn-fubar.

0.2

Moved CSS from style.php to in-page section.

0.1

First release.

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