Post Category Filter (WP Admin) vs WP Custom Admin Interface

Post Category Filter allows you to filter your post categories and custom taxonomies by adding a fast and intuitive search box on top of the term lists. As you type, the list updates instantly and shows only the categories or terms that match your query, making navigation quick even on sites with hundreds or thousands of entries. This plugin is designed for users who work with large WordPress websites, complex content structures, or extensive taxonomy sets. Instead of scrolling endlessly through long category lists, you can simply type a few letters and immediately locate the term you need. It provides a smoother editorial workflow and helps reduce time spent searching for the right category during post creation or editing. Post Category Filter works seamlessly inside the WordPress admin interface and supports all public taxonomies, including custom taxonomies created by themes or plugins. It does not modify your categories or database in any way. It simply adds an efficient, lightweight search layer to help you manage and assign terms more effectively. If you maintain a high volume of content, run news or magazine style websites, or organize your posts through detailed taxonomies, this plugin can significantly improve your daily publishing workflow. It is a simple but powerful solution for anyone looking to optimize category management, streamline content editing, and enhance usability in the WordPress admin area. Want to contribute? You can follow the Github repository and submit issues or pull requests. Adoption Notice This plugin represents the continued development of the original “Admin Category Filter” created by Javier Villanueva (@jahvi). The project has been revived with the intention of ensuring long-term stability, modern compatibility, and responsible maintenance while preserving the core functionality that made the original plugin widely used. Credits Original author: Javier Villanueva (jahvi) Maintainer and current developer: Ivijan Stefan Stipic (INFINITUM FORM) Legal Notice This plugin retains the original GPLv2 license from the upstream version authored by Javier Villanueva (@jahvi). All new contributions are © 2025 Ivijan Stefan Stipic and released under the same GPLv2-or-later license.

With WP Custom Admin Interface you can easily customize the WordPress admin menu and toolbar and customize the admin and login interfaces. But we’re just getting started! WP Custom Admin Interface provides a whole range of awesome admin features which other plugins will charge you for – this plugin is completely free. WP Custom Admin Interface provides an awesome and simple interface to customize the backend of WordPress to provide a more customized experience for you and your clients or customers. WordPress administrators who manage multiple websites will appreciate the simple plugin settings export feature which will enable you to deploy customizations to multiple sites you manage. Custom admin menu features Seamlessly re-arrange menu items with a drag and drop interface Easily rename any menu item Drag and drop top level menu items to sub level menu items and vice versa. Move any menu item anywhere! Create new menu items and drag them to any position Change the icon of any top level menu item from over 230 Dashicons or you can even upload your own icon! Change more advanced properties like custom CSS classes, capability access and link target of any menu item Add separators to space out top level menus Restore a menu to the last save or to the standard WordPress menu Using the simple condition builder easily apply the custom menu to select roles or users! Custom toolbar features, NEW in v4 Add new menu items to the toolbar Remove existing items from the toolbar Re-order toolbar items Move toolbar items to any level of the menu Rename toolbar titles and links Restore the toolbar to the last save or to the standard WordPress toolbar Using the simple condition builder easily apply the custom toolbar to select roles or users! All the other great features Change the login screen background color Change the login screen logo Add a custom favicon to the backend and frontend of your website Change the link and button colors Customize the footer text which appears on every admin page and use a variety of nifty shortcodes like [year] to show the current year (for use in copyright text). Remove the WordPress version number from the footer Remove the admin toolbar from displaying on the frontend of WordPress Add custom admin CSS Add custom login CSS Add custom Javascript/jQuery Add custom PHP to WordPress Add custom CSS and Javascript/jQuery to the frontend of WordPress Create a coming soon/maintenance page with custom content and set a future expiry date to make your site live Hide plugins from displaying for certain users and roles Hide users from displaying for certain users and roles Hide sidebars from displaying for certain users and roles Hide meta boxes from all post types including custom post types as well as the dashboard page! Create a custom admin notice which can be displayed to select users/profiles and with an expiry date Create a custom dashboard widget Disable automatic updates Disable plugin updates Disable Gutenberg block editor Export and import settings We hope you enjoy WP Custom Admin Interface! For support please see the help tab in the plugin settings. Upgrade to pro Upgrade to Custom Admin Interface Pro to create multiple menus, toolbars, notices, admin/frontend code, dashboard widgets, hidden plugins, hidden metaboxes, hidden sidebars and hidden users! Easily export your settings to a file and roll back revisions of your edits. Get more settings in a new intuitive design built from the ground up. Learn more about Custom Admin Interface Pro here