Admin Menu Editor is the #1 ranked menu app on WordPress, with a 4.6 average rating from 312 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Admin Menu Editor is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Janis Elsts. With a rating of 4.6★ from 312 reviews, it currently ranks #1 in the Menu category.
AppRanks data: Admin Menu Editor ranks #1 in Menu on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 1% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Admin Menu Editor is a highly rated WordPress app with a growing review traction. It is listed in the Menu category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 312 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +High average rating (4.6★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by Janis Elsts — established developer track record
Cons
- −Sparse visual evidence (0 screenshots) — harder to evaluate the UX before installing
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How Admin Menu Editor works
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Admin Menu Editor lets you manually edit the Dashboard menu. You can reorder the menus, show/hide specific items, change permissions, and more.
Features
Change menu titles, URLs, icons, CSS classes and so on.
Organize menu items via drag & drop.
Change menu permissions by setting the required capability or role.
Move a menu item to a different submenu.
Create custom menus that point to any part of the Dashboard or an external URL.
Hide/show any menu or menu item. A hidden menu is invisible to all users, including administrators.
The Pro version lets you set per-role menu permissions, hide a menu from everyone except a specific user, export your admin menu, drag items between menu levels, make menus open in a new window and more. Try online demo.
Additional Features
Despite the name, this plugin is not limited to just editing the admin menu. You can also:
Create login redirects and logout redirects.
Allow/deny access to specific posts based on user roles.
Hide plugins on the Plugins -> Installed Plugins page from other users.
Edit the display name, description, and other plugin details shown on the Plugins -> Installed Plugins page (e.g. for white-labelling).
Shortcodes
The plugin provides a few utility shortcodes. These are mainly intended to help with creating login/logout redirects, but you can also use them in posts and pages.
[ame-wp-admin] – URL of the WordPress dashboard (with a trailing slash).
[ame-home-url] – Site URL. Usually, this is the same as the URL in the “Site Address” field in Settings -> General.
[ame-user-info field="..."] – Information about the logged-in user. Parameters:
field – The part of user profile to display. Supported fields include: ID, user_login, display_name, locale, user_nicename, user_url, and so on.
placeholder – Optional. Text that will be shown if the visitor is not logged in.
encoding – Optional. How to encode or escape the output. This is useful if you want to use the shortcode in your own HTML or JS code. Supported values: auto (default), html, attr, js, none.
Notes
If you delete any of the default menus they will reappear after saving. This is by design. To get rid of a menu for good, either hide it or change it’s access permissions.
In the free version, it’s not possible to give a role access to a menu item that it couldn’t see before. You can only restrict menu access further.
In case of emergency, you can reset the menu configuration back to the default by going to http://example.com/wp-admin/?reset_admin_menu=1 (replace example.com with your site URL). You must be logged in as an Administrator to do this.
Category rankings
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Keyword rankings
Admin Menu Editor ranks for 3 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 3:
- Rank #352
- Rank #365
- Rank #754
Competitors & alternatives
Admin Menu Editor doesn't have curated competitor matchups yet. Other tracked menu apps on WordPress:
Where Admin Menu Editor stands in the Menu category
Admin Menu Editor ranks #1 of 505 apps in the Menu category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Admin Menu Editor?
Admin Menu Editor is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.6-star rating from 312 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Menu category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Janis Elsts.
Where does Admin Menu Editor rank on WordPress?
Admin Menu Editor currently sits at position #1 in the Menu category on WordPress. That places it in the top 0% of 505 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.