Admin Menu Editor vs WP Updates Notifier — WordPress

Admin Menu Editor vs WP Updates Notifier

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

Field-level data

	Admin Menu Editor	WP Updates Notifier
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Description	2624 / 5000 chars52% used	2540 / 5000 chars51% used
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Languages
Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Janis Elsts	Scott Cariss
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2. Categories & rankings

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At a glance

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Feature comparison between Admin Menu Editor and WP Updates Notifier
Metric	Admin Menu Editor	WP Updates Notifier
Rating	★ 4.6 ★	4.2 ★
Total reviews	★ 312	35
Active installs	300,000+	30,000+
Free plan	—	—

Keyword	Admin Menu Editor	WP Updates Notifier
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%

WP Updates Notifier

Monitors your WordPress installation for core, plugin and theme updates and emails you when they are available. This plugin is ideal if you don’t login to your WordPress admin regularly or you support a client’s website. Features Set the interval of how often to check for updates; hourly, twice daily or daily. Sets WordPress to check for updates more often meaning you get to know about updates sooner. Get emailed about core, plugin and theme updates. Chose if you want to be notified about active only themes and plugins updates. Remove upgrade nag message to non-admin users. For advanced users there are a number of filters and actions you can use. More coming soon. This plugin is a fork of Update Notifier. This plugin was forked because there seemed to be no further development on the existing plugin and there was no way to contact the original author to ask about taking ownership. WP Updates Notifier has the following improvements over Updates Notifier: Completely rewritten from the ground up using best practises for writing WordPress plugins Code wrapped in a class so better namespace. You can set the cron interval, allowing for more frequent checks. Update checks trigger WordPress internal update check before notification. Allows you to set the ‘from address’. Allows you to set multiple ‘to addresses’. Makes use of the Settings API. A number of available hooks and filters for advanced users. Active support and development. Languages French by Christophe Catarina – Added 03 July 2013 German by Alexander Pfabel – Added 02 October 2012 Filters Two filters have been provided to allow you to alter the email subject and email content being sent by WP Updates Notifier. sc_wpun_email_subject @parameters: $email_subject – the email subject to be filtered. Example: /* * Alter the email subject being sent by WP Updates Notifier */ function alter_wp_updates_notifier_email_subject( $email_subject ) { $email_subject = 'This is the new email subject for updates notifier'; return $email_subject; } add_filter( 'sc_wpun_email_subject', 'alter_wp_updates_notifier_email_subject' ); sc_wpun_email_content @parameters: $message – the content of the email to be filtered Example: /* * Alter the email content being sent by WP Updates Notifier */ function alter_wp_updates_notifier_email_content( $message ) { $message = 'This is our new email content that will override the default.'; return $message; } add_filter( 'sc_wpun_email_content', 'alter_wp_updates_notifier_email_content' );

Top keywords

email20×5.01%
updates16×4.01%

Frequently asked

Common questions about this comparison

Which has better reviews, Admin Menu Editor or WP Updates Notifier?

Admin Menu Editor has the higher average rating (4.6★ from 312 reviews) compared to WP Updates Notifier (4.2★ from 35 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Admin Menu Editor or WP Updates Notifier?

Admin Menu Editor holds the higher average rating (4.6★ vs 4.2★). 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 WP Updates Notifier?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Admin Menu Editor has the deeper published review base (312 vs 35), 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). WP Updates Notifier typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (35 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 WP Updates Notifier?

Migration support varies by app and category. Admin Menu Editor and WP Updates Notifier 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 WP Updates Notifier" 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 WP Updates Notifier

Admin Menu Editor

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2. Categories & rankings

WP Updates Notifier

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AppRanks verdict

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4. Activity in the last 90 days

Admin Menu Editor · 1 changes

WP Updates Notifier · 0 changes

5. App details

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Which has better reviews, Admin Menu Editor or WP Updates Notifier?

Should I choose Admin Menu Editor or WP Updates Notifier?

Which is faster to set up, Admin Menu Editor or WP Updates Notifier?

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

Can I migrate data between Admin Menu Editor and WP Updates Notifier?

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