Admin Toolbar Menus vs Menu In Menu — WordPress

Admin Toolbar Menus vs Menu In Menu

Name: Admin Toolbar Menus
Rating: 5 (20 reviews)

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Admin Toolbar Menus

5.0·20reviews·1,000+installs

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Description	2072 / 5000 chars41% used	2532 / 5000 chars51% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	Benbodhi	wizzud
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Feature comparison between Admin Toolbar Menus and Menu In Menu
Metric	Admin Toolbar Menus	Menu In Menu
Rating	5.0 ★	5.0 ★
Total reviews	★ 20	4
Active installs	1,000+	200+
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Admin Toolbar Menus

Add 3 new menu locations to the WordPress toolbar so you can quickly and easily create your own custom toolbar menus using the built in WordPress menus page. Supports multi level and works seamlessly with the existing toolbar menus. Locations First menu location is under the ‘Site Name’ menu dropdown on the left side. Second menu location is along the main toolbar. Third menu location is under the ‘Howdy / My Account’ dropdown. Super simple to use, just like building any other menu in WordPress using the menus page. No settings, just ‘plug and play’. Features Simple toolbar menu customization using WordPress menus Seamless integration with the existing WordPress menus No Settings, just ‘plug and play’ Feedback I am open to your suggestions and feedback – Thanks for checking out this plugin! Hit me up via the support forums or my website Follow @benbodhi on Twitter Translations English – default, always included Your translation? – Just send it in Note: This plugin is localized/translateable by default. This is very important for all users worldwide. So please contribute your language to the plugin to make it even more useful. For translating I recommend the awesome “Codestyling Localization” plugin and for validating the “Poedit Editor”. Additional Info Idea Behind / Philosophy: This is something that I have found super useful when it comes to customizing WordPress. I have been writing custom menus for quite a while and realised there is not much out there like this. No more code snippets, copy pasting or including files, simply install the plugin and away you go using the built in WordPress menus. A simple but powerful plugin to give you more customization powers over the admin toolbar. Future Features More power over menu locations with options to pick which locations you want to use and the menu order in relation to existing WordPress menus. Options page to remove other standard toolbar menu items. (you can uncomment these in the code now if you’re keen 😉 Ability to change the WordPress “Howdy” welcome message

Top keywords

menu10×2.99%
menus9×2.69%
wordpress9×2.69%
toolbar7×2.10%
wordpress menus5×1.50%
locations4×1.20%
existing3×0.90%
location3×0.90%
menu location3×0.90%
page3×0.90%
simple3×0.90%
code2×0.60%

Menu In Menu

This plugin enables a Custom Menu to “include” any other Custom Menu, so groups of items that get repeated across multiple menus can be defined just once and then included into any other menu at will. If you have a set of menu items that you repeat across several menus, it can be a bit of a pain when one of that set needs updating and you have to go through all your menus changing each one. This plugin allows you to define the subset of items as a separate menu, and then include that menu into any other menu. If you then need to maintain one of the items in the subset, you only need to update one menu, and the change automatically gets reflected in all the other menus that include that subset! It’s as easy to use as adding a Post, Page, Category or Tag to your menu… With the plugin activated, go to your Menus page in admin. As well as being able to add Posts, Categories, etc, to your menu, you should now see a metabox for Navigation Menus which has checkboxes for each of your defined Menus (if you don’t see the metabox, check your Screen Options settings at the top of the page). All you need to do is create your submenu (as you would any other menu), open the menu you want to insert the new submenu into, select the submenu from the Navigation Menus metabox, Add it, and position it. Save and you’re done! The inserted Menu replaces the Navigation Menu item in the menu. You can insert multiple instances of the same submenu into one menu, and you can include a submenu into as many other menus as you need. Perpetual Loops The one thing that the plugin guards against is getting into a never-ending loop : it won’t prevent you setting one up (see FAQs as to why), but it will not output any submenu that has itself as an antecedent. For example, you can set up menus such that Menu A includes Menu B, which includes Menu C. Fine, no problem. However, if you were to also add Menu B into Menu C as a Navigation Menu item, then no matter which menu you choose to output, you have a potential loop (… B, includes C, includes B, includes C, … and so on). If WP_DEBUG is enabled, the plugin will print a warning wherever it has taken action to prevent a loop condition. This behaviour can be changed by hooking into a filter (see FAQs). Frontend Only The plugin only performs the menu replacement at the frontend of WordPress (ie. not on Admin pages). This behaviour can be changed by hooking into a filter (see FAQs), but please ensure that you do not enable it for the Menus admin page!

Top keywords

menu24×5.05%
menus11×2.32%
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Which has better reviews, Admin Toolbar Menus or Menu In Menu?

Admin Toolbar Menus (5.0★, 20 reviews) and Menu In Menu (5.0★, 4 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 Admin Toolbar Menus or Menu In Menu?

AppRanks cannot separate these two on rating — both sit at 5.0★. Admin Toolbar Menus does carry the larger published review base (20 vs 4). Read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Admin Toolbar Menus or Menu In Menu?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Admin Toolbar Menus has the deeper published review base (20 vs 4), 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 Toolbar Menus typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (20 reviews). Menu In Menu typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (4 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 Toolbar Menus and Menu In Menu?

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

Admin Toolbar Menus vs Menu In Menu

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