Adminimize
Adminimize that lets you hide 'unnecessary' items from the WordPress backend
Solid choice
Adminimize is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 200K+ sites, is rated 4.7/5 and was last updated 4 months ago, and scores 65/100 on our health check.
- Proven at scale on 200K+ active sites
- Loved by users — 4.7/5 from 254 reviews
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Adminimize stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| administration | #1 |
| customization | #7 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 from 254 reviews
About Adminimize
From the official readme · v1.11.14Description
If you manage a multi-author WordPress blog or WordPress sites for clients, then you may have wondered if it was possible to clean up the WordPress admin area for your users? There are lots of things in the WordPress admin area that your users don’t need to see or use. This plugin help you to hide unnecessary items from WordPress admin area.
Adminimize makes it easy to remove items from view based on a user’s role.
What does this plugin do?
The plugin changes the administration backend and gives you the power to assign rights on certain parts. Admins can activate/deactivate every part of the menu and even parts of the sub-menu. Meta fields can be administered separately for posts and pages. Certain parts of the write menu can be deactivated separately for admins or non-admins. The header of the backend is minimized and optimized to give you more space and the structure of the menu gets changed to make it more logical – this can all be done per user so each role and their resulting users can have his own settings.
Support Custom Post Type
The plugin support all functions also for custom post types, automatically in the settings page.
Support Custom Options on all different post types
It is possible to add own options to hide areas in the back-end of WordPress. It is easy and you must only forgive a ID or class, a selector, of the markup, that you will hide.
Compatibility with plugins for MetaBoxes in Write-area
You can add your own options, you must only check for css selectors.
Help with “Your own options”
See the entry on the WP community forum for help with this great possibility.
License
Good news, this plugin is free for everyone! Since it’s released under the GPL, you can use it free of charge on your personal or commercial blog. But if you enjoy this plugin, you can thank me and leave a small donation for the time I’ve spent writing and supporting this plugin. And I really don’t want to know how many hours of my life this plugin has already eaten 😉
Translations
The plugin comes with various translations, please refer to the WordPress Codex for more information about activating the translation. If you want to help to translate the plugin to your language, please have a look at the sitemap.pot file which contains all definitions and may be used with a gettext editor like Poedit (Windows) or use, I prefers this, the translation service from wordpress.org.
Installation
Requirements
- WordPress version 4.0 and later; tested only in last stable version.
- PHP 5.6, newer PHP versions will work faster. Tested only from version 5.6.
Use the installer via back-end of your install or …
- Unpack the download-package.
- Upload the files to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory. - Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress and click Activate.
- Administrator can go to
Settings>Adminimizemenu and configure the plugin (Menu, Sub-menu, Meta boxes, …)
Frequently asked questions
Help with “Your own options”
See the entry on the WP community forum for help with great function to add custom/own options.
Post about the plugin with helpful hints
wpbeginner.com: How to Hide Unnecessary Items From WordPress Admin with Adminimize wptavern.com: Create A Custom WordPress Admin Experience With Adminimize
I love this plugin! How can I show the developer how much I appreciate his work?
Please send a review and let him know your care or see the wishlist of the author. Also you can send a donation.
Changelog
1.11.14 (2026-06-10)
- Improve pages access blocking
1.11.13 (2026-06-02)
- Revert change blocking unexpected pages
1.11.12 (2026-06-01)
- Fix broken access control vulnerability reported by Patchstack
- Improve validation checks for admin actions
1.11.11 (2024-03-15)
- Fix PHP Warning (Trying to access array offset on value of type bool)
1.11.10 (2023-11-23)
- Fix access for global variable query
- Fix post type for WP 6.3, #159
- Fix Dashboard title
- Fix PHP 8 incompatibility with conversion false to array
1.11.9 (2022-12-09)
- Fix Settings after JSON Import , #155, Probs @borsodigerii
- Fix title of plugins there get a array instead string, #153, Probs @denarie
For developers
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FAQ
Adminimize: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Sep 26, 2026
Is Adminimize free?
Yes. Adminimize is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Adminimize safe to use in 2026?
Adminimize is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 200K+ sites, is rated 4.7/5 and was last updated 4 months ago, and scores 65/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Adminimize?
Adminimize is active on 200K+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 3,359,036 times since it launched in June 2008. It was downloaded 14,869 times in the last 30 days.
Does Adminimize work with WordPress 7.1?
Adminimize is officially tested up to WordPress 7.0.6, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Adminimize last updated?
The latest version, 1.11.14, was released on June 10, 2026 (4 months ago).
Who makes Adminimize?
Adminimize is developed and maintained by WP Media.
What are the best alternatives to Adminimize?
The most popular alternatives to Adminimize are Remove Dashboard Access (30K+ installs), Error Log Monitor (20K+ installs) and Automatic Domain Changer (10K+ installs).
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