Which has better reviews, Admin Menu Editor or Protect Admin?

Protect Admin has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 5 reviews) compared to Admin Menu Editor (4.6★ from 312 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Admin Menu Editor or Protect Admin?

Protect Admin holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 4.6★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Admin Menu Editor or Protect Admin?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Admin Menu Editor has the deeper published review base (312 vs 5), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Admin Menu Editor typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (312 reviews). Protect Admin typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (5 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Admin Menu Editor and Protect Admin?

Migration support varies by app and category. Admin Menu Editor and Protect Admin both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Protect Admin" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

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Admin Menu Editor vs Protect Admin — WordPress

Admin Menu Editor vs Protect Admin

Name: Admin Menu Editor
Rating: 4.6 (312 reviews)

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Admin Menu Editor

4.6·312reviews·300,000+installs

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1. Listing metadata

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Description	2624 / 5000 chars52% used	3197 / 5000 chars64% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Janis Elsts	KeystrokeClick
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Feature comparison between Admin Menu Editor and Protect Admin
Metric	Admin Menu Editor	Protect Admin
Rating	4.6 ★	★ 5.0 ★
Total reviews	★ 312	5
Active installs	300,000+	2,000+
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Keyword	Admin Menu Editor	Protect Admin
online form	#352	Not ranked
online forms	#365	Not ranked
custom form	#754	Not ranked

5. App details

Long-form description · keyword frequency

Admin Menu Editor

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.

Top keywords

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Protect Admin

This plugin protects selected WP Admin accounts, and standard posts created by those Admins, from being deleted or edited by other users. This plugin is hidden from all users other than the Admin who installs it. Only users with the “Administrator” role can be protected. This plugin might be useful if you want to share admin access with other users (i.e. IT team, developers, etc) but don’t want to risk impacting the accounts of certain Admins. Or, perhaps you’re the developer or IT member who might need this plugin to prevent other non-technical Admins from accidentally deleting your account or key Admins on specific projects. How It Works As soon as the plugin is activated, it will store the ID of the user that activates the plugin. The plugin will then be hidden from all users other than this user. You can choose which Admin accounts (yours or others) to protect. Only the Admin who activates the plugin can save its settings. Other users won’t see the Settings page or the menu. Once protected admin accounts are selected on the Settings page, other users and admins will NOT be able to: delete the protected Admin accounts. access the profile edit page for the protected Admin accounts. change the role of the protected Admin accounts. select the protected Admin accounts in the bulk actions on users list page. Additionally, if other users or Admins, under unlikely circumstances, are able to access the user profile page of the protected Admin accounts using other plugins, this plugin will prevent any modifications from being saved. Similar to the above, if other users or Admins are able to change the protected Admin account’s email address via the Profile page, this plugin will revert it back to the original email address. Also, should someone attempt to edit a protected Admin’s account, the attempted action will be logged to the database. You can view recent attempts under Logs within the plugin’s section. Important Reminder Once you deactivate the plugin, all users with the ability to manage plugins (activate_plugins capability) will be able to see the plugin. It is advised to only deactivate the plugin when you feel safe to do so. Otherwise you can just enable or disable protection from the plugin’s Settings page. If you want to be extra cautious (depending on your needs), you should also manually disallow file edit. This plugin doesn’t do that because some people might still need it. define( 'DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true ); This plugin has NOT been tested with other user management plugins or role editor plugins. Hence its use alongside these types of plugins is not guaranteed to work as intended. Email Notification You can choose to get notified by email when someone attempts to modify your protected Admin accounts. Easily enable or disable email notification when you upgrade to Protect Admin PRO. Protect Admin PRO Be the first to know when someone is attempting to modify your protected admin accounts. Get access to all logs and data of users who try to modify the protected admin accounts (the FREE version only records the most recent attempt). Protect standard posts and pages made directly by protected Admins. See more.

Admin Menu Editor vs Protect Admin

Admin Menu Editor

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4. Activity in the last 90 days

Admin Menu Editor · 1 changes

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Should I choose Admin Menu Editor or Protect Admin?

Which is faster to set up, Admin Menu Editor or Protect Admin?

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Can I migrate data between Admin Menu Editor and Protect Admin?

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