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Dashboard Menu Reorder icon
Actively maintained Tested with WP 7.1

Dashboard Menu Reorder

Reorder WordPress admin dashboard menus and submenus with drag-and-drop or keyboard controls.

Zohaib Ali By Zohaib Ali · v1.0.0 · Updated 2 months ago

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Active installs<10New
Downloads · 30d67▼ -29.5% vs prev. 30d
Rating—0 reviews
Health score60/100Fair
All-time downloads199Since Aug 2026
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 6.0PHP 7.4+
Downloads · 7d16▼ -11.1% week over week
Our verdict

Use with caution

Dashboard Menu Reorder works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 60/100 on our health check.

  • Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
  • Small user base (<10 active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
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Daily downloads

71522Jul 12Aug 25Oct 9
Yesterday2
Daily average (1y)1
Peak day30Aug 21, 2026
Last 12 months200

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Dashboard Menu Reorder stands today
Admin 100+ of 1,657 plugins → Dashboard 100+ of 520 plugins → Menu 100+ of 528 plugins → Reorder #24 of 34 plugins → Ui #49 of 65 plugins →

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
admin >100 10,000 Best admin plugins →
dashboard >100 10,000 Best dashboard plugins →
menu >100 10,000 Best menu plugins →
reorder >100 1,267 Best reorder plugins →
ui >100 10,000 Best ui plugins →

About Dashboard Menu Reorder

From the official readme · v1.0.0

Description

Reorder WordPress admin dashboard menus and submenus with drag-and-drop or keyboard controls.

Settings are stored per site. On multisite installations, the plugin works in each individual site’s admin area and does not modify Network Admin or User Admin menus.

Installation

From Your WordPress Dashboard

  1. Go to Plugins > Add New.
  2. Search for Dashboard Menu Reorder.
  3. Click Install Now.
  4. Click Activate.
  5. Go to Settings > DM Re-Order.

Manual Installation

  1. Upload the dashboard-menu-reorder folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
  2. Activate Dashboard Menu Reorder from the Plugins screen.
  3. Go to Settings > DM Re-Order.

Changelog

1.0.0

  • Initial release.
  • Reorder top-level WordPress admin menus with drag-and-drop or keyboard controls.
  • Reorder submenu items independently.
  • Preserve WordPress menu separator positions.
  • Preserve duplicate submenu entries without dropping items.
  • Keep settings isolated to each site and avoid modifying Network Admin or User Admin menus.
  • Includes accessible labels and keyboard reordering controls.

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

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FAQ

Dashboard Menu Reorder: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 10, 2026

Is Dashboard Menu Reorder free?

Yes. Dashboard Menu Reorder is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Dashboard Menu Reorder safe to use in 2026?

Dashboard Menu Reorder works, but test it on a staging site before relying on it in 2026. Was last updated 2 months ago, and scores 60/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Dashboard Menu Reorder?

Dashboard Menu Reorder is active on <10 WordPress websites and has been downloaded 199 times since it launched in August 2026. It was downloaded 67 times in the last 30 days.

Does Dashboard Menu Reorder work with WordPress 7.1?

Yes. The developer has tested Dashboard Menu Reorder up to WordPress 7.1.3, the latest release. It requires WordPress 6.0 or newer.

What PHP version does Dashboard Menu Reorder need?

Dashboard Menu Reorder requires PHP 7.4 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.

When was Dashboard Menu Reorder last updated?

The latest version, 1.0.0, was released on August 21, 2026 (2 months ago).

Who makes Dashboard Menu Reorder?

Dashboard Menu Reorder is developed and maintained by Zohaib Ali.

What are the best alternatives to Dashboard Menu Reorder?

The most popular alternatives to Dashboard Menu Reorder are Loginizer (1M+ installs), Redux Framework (900K+ installs) and Admin Menu Editor (300K+ installs).

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