Dashboard Navigator vs Show Theme in Footer — WordPress

Dashboard Navigator vs Show Theme in Footer

Name: Dashboard Navigator
Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Dashboard Navigator

5.0·2reviews·10+installs

wordpress

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1. Listing metadata

Field-level data

	Dashboard Navigator	Show Theme in Footer
Tagline	—	—
Description	1157 / 5000 chars23% used	2696 / 5000 chars54% used
Screenshots	—	—
Languages
Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	OllieJones	apasionados
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Last updated	—	—

2. Categories & rankings

Shared categories on the same row · in-category position inline

Dashboard Navigator

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At a glance

4 metrics · auto-computed

Feature comparison between Dashboard Navigator and Show Theme in Footer
Metric	Dashboard Navigator	Show Theme in Footer
Rating	5.0 ★	5.0 ★
Total reviews	★ 2	1
Active installs	10+	90+
Free plan	—	—

4. App details

Long-form description · keyword frequency

Dashboard Navigator

In modern operating systems you can press a Start or Spotlight key, type a few letters of the operation you need, and choose it. There’s no need to waste time clicking around in the menus looking for your command. This plugin gives you the same capability for WordPress’s dashboard and its features. The plugin places a search box at the top of the menu at the top left of WordPress’s dashboard. (That menu is at the top right if you use a right-to-left language such as Rohingya or Arabic.) Click in that menu and type a few letters. You’ll see a drop-down list of matching commands. Use arrow keys to select the command you want, and press Enter or Tab. You can press Shift twice rapidly instead of clicking in the search box. So, for example, to go to your orders in your WooCommerce store, type this. Shift Shift o r d e r s Enter Tnat’s it. How does this plugin work? It is lightweight. It sends its small JavaScript file to your browser for every dashboard page. That JavaScript analyzes the WordPress menus and prepares the dropdown list. Credits Props to herchen for his Admin Menu Search plugin. This is, I hope, worthwhile improvement on it.

Top keywords

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Show Theme in Footer

This plugin displays the active theme name, version and parent theme name in the Admin Footer on the right. Parent theme is only shown when a child theme is active. We created this plugin because we manage a large number of blogs with different themes. When updating themes we always have to go and look which theme is active and which is the parent theme to prevent problems with the site layout. We always like to be sure before updating the active theme, but others non active theme should always be up to date. Info is only shown to logged in Administrators and Editors. Easy. Handy. And it saves us a lot of time. We think it will save a lot of time of everybody that manages blogs with different themes. Show Theme in Footer in your Language! This first release is avaliable in English and Spanish. In the languages folder we have included the necessary files to translate this plugin. If you would like the plugin in your language and you’re good at translating, please drop us a line at Contact us. Further Reading You can access the description of the plugin in Spanish at: Show Theme in Footer. Contact For further information please send us an email. Translating WordPress Plugins The steps involved in translating a plugin are: Run a tool over the code to produce a POT file (Portable Object Template), simply a list of all localizable text. Our plugins allready havae this POT file in the /languages/ folder. Use a plain text editor or a special localization tool to generate a translation for each piece of text. This produces a PO file (Portable Object). The only difference between a POT and PO file is that the PO file contains translations. Compile the PO file to produce a MO file (Machine Object), which can then be used in the theme or plugin. In order to translate a plugin you will need a special software tool like poEdit, which is a cross-platform graphical tool that is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. The naming of your PO and MO files is very important and must match the desired locale. The naming convention is: language_COUNTRY.po and plugins have an additional naming convention whereby the plugin name is added to the filename: pluginname-fr_FR.po That is, the plugin name name must be the language code followed by an underscore, followed by a code for the country (in uppercase). If the encoding of the file is not UTF-8 then the encoding must be specified. For example: en_US – US English en_UK – UK English es_ES – Spanish from Spain fr_FR – French from France zh_CN – Simplified Chinese A list of language codes can be found here, and country codes can be found here. A full list of encoding names can also be found at IANA.

Top keywords

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Frequently asked

Common questions about this comparison

Which has better reviews, Dashboard Navigator or Show Theme in Footer?

Dashboard Navigator (5.0★, 2 reviews) and Show Theme in Footer (5.0★, 1 reviews) are essentially tied on rating. Look at review velocity and individual reviewer quotes — both visible on each app's detail page — to differentiate.

Should I choose Dashboard Navigator or Show Theme in Footer?

AppRanks cannot separate these two on rating — both sit at 5.0★. Dashboard Navigator does carry the larger published review base (2 vs 1). Read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Dashboard Navigator or Show Theme in Footer?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Dashboard Navigator has the deeper published review base (2 vs 1), 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?

Dashboard Navigator typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (2 reviews). Show Theme in Footer typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (1 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 Dashboard Navigator and Show Theme in Footer?

Migration support varies by app and category. Dashboard Navigator and Show Theme in Footer 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 Show Theme in Footer" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

Dashboard Navigator vs Show Theme in Footer

Dashboard Navigator

1. Listing metadata

2. Categories & rankings

Show Theme in Footer

At a glance

AppRanks verdict

3. Activity in the last 90 days

Dashboard Navigator · 1 changes

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4. App details

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Should I choose Dashboard Navigator or Show Theme in Footer?

Which is faster to set up, Dashboard Navigator or Show Theme in Footer?

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

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