Admin Menu Editor vs Root Relative URLs — WordPress

Admin Menu Editor vs Root Relative URLs

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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	Admin Menu Editor	Root Relative URLs
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Description	2624 / 5000 chars52% used	1663 / 5000 chars33% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Janis Elsts	MarcusPope
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Feature comparison between Admin Menu Editor and Root Relative URLs
Metric	Admin Menu Editor	Root Relative URLs
Rating	★ 4.6 ★	2.9 ★
Total reviews	★ 312	20
Active installs	300,000+	6,000+
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Keyword	Admin Menu Editor	Root Relative URLs
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

menu19×4.28%
user7×1.58%
url6×1.35%
hide5×1.13%
access4×0.90%
admin4×0.90%
admin menu4×0.90%
change4×0.90%
menus4×0.90%
permissions4×0.90%
dashboard3×0.68%
default3×0.68%

Root Relative URLs

A WordPress plugin that converts all URL formats to root-relative URLs to enable seamless transitioning between staging/production host environments and debugging/testing from mobile devices, without the use of hackish tactics like textual find-replace strategies or risky hosts/NAT spoofing strategies. With Root Relative URLs you can browse your development site from http://localhost/ or http://127.0.0.1/ or from a named network resource like http://mycomputername/ without worrying about links redirecting you back to your site’s URL. This plugin also modifies the tinyMCE hooks so links and media embedded with built-in tools will only insert URLs from the first forward slash after the domain (i.e. the root of your site.) This means when you push content changes to a staging or production environment they are guaranteed to reference the correct target instead of accidentally referencing a production resource in development or, worse-yet, a development-exclusive resource in production. It supports path-based MU Installations, but does not support domain-based MU sites due to architectural deficiencies in the WordPress core. Version 1.5 fixes an infinite redirect problem that is a result of a core bug in WordPress. If you have problems with the tag or permalinks for custom post types, please read the FAQ or new Install Steps for support. Version 2.2 allows for adding certain URL’s or partial URL’s to a blacklist, meaning I won’t use root relative urls, but dynamic absolute URLs instead for displaying content. This will fix problems with 3rd party plugins, and can be configured on the General Settings page. Arbitrary section

Top keywords

urls5×1.89%
production4×1.51%
url4×1.51%
http3×1.13%
resource3×1.13%
root3×1.13%
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Which has better reviews, Admin Menu Editor or Root Relative URLs?

Admin Menu Editor has the higher average rating (4.6★ from 312 reviews) compared to Root Relative URLs (2.9★ from 20 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Admin Menu Editor or Root Relative URLs?

Admin Menu Editor holds the higher average rating (4.6★ vs 2.9★). 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 Root Relative URLs?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Admin Menu Editor has the deeper published review base (312 vs 20), 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). Root Relative URLs typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (20 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 Root Relative URLs?

Migration support varies by app and category. Admin Menu Editor and Root Relative URLs 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 Root Relative URLs" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

Admin Menu Editor vs Root Relative URLs

Admin Menu Editor

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