Description
At a glance
WP Custom Admin Interface v7.43 — free WordPress plugin download. Key facts: 30K+ active installs · 4.7/5 rating from 160 reviews · updated February 10, 2026 · requires WordPress 3.0.1+.
With WP Custom Admin Interface you can easily customize the WordPress admin menu and toolbar and customize the admin and login interfaces. But we’re just getting started! WP Custom Admin Interface provides a whole range of awesome admin features which other plugins will charge you for – this plugin is completely free.
WP Custom Admin Interface provides an awesome and simple interface to customize the backend of WordPress to provide a more customized experience for you and your clients or customers. WordPress administrators who manage multiple websites will appreciate the simple plugin settings export feature which will enable you to deploy customizations to multiple sites you manage.
Custom admin menu features
- Seamlessly re-arrange menu items with a drag and drop interface
- Easily rename any menu item
- Drag and drop top level menu items to sub level menu items and vice versa. Move any menu item anywhere!
- Create new menu items and drag them to any position
- Change the icon of any top level menu item from over 230 Dashicons or you can even upload your own icon!
- Change more advanced properties like custom CSS classes, capability access and link target of any menu item
- Add separators to space out top level menus
- Restore a menu to the last save or to the standard WordPress menu
- Using the simple condition builder easily apply the custom menu to select roles or users!
Custom toolbar features, NEW in v4
- Add new menu items to the toolbar
- Remove existing items from the toolbar
- Re-order toolbar items
- Move toolbar items to any level of the menu
- Rename toolbar titles and links
- Restore the toolbar to the last save or to the standard WordPress toolbar
- Using the simple condition builder easily apply the custom toolbar to select roles or users!
All the other great features
- Change the login screen background color
- Change the login screen logo
- Add a custom favicon to the backend and frontend of your website
- Change the link and button colors
- Customize the footer text which appears on every admin page and use a variety of nifty shortcodes like [year] to show the current year (for use in copyright text).
- Remove the WordPress version number from the footer
- Remove the admin toolbar from displaying on the frontend of WordPress
- Add custom admin CSS
- Add custom login CSS
- Add custom Javascript/jQuery
- Add custom PHP to WordPress
- Add custom CSS and Javascript/jQuery to the frontend of WordPress
- Create a coming soon/maintenance page with custom content and set a future expiry date to make your site live
- Hide plugins from displaying for certain users and roles
- Hide users from displaying for certain users and roles
- Hide sidebars from displaying for certain users and roles
- Hide meta boxes from all post types including custom post types as well as the dashboard page!
- Create a custom admin notice which can be displayed to select users/profiles and with an expiry date
- Create a custom dashboard widget
- Disable automatic updates
- Disable plugin updates
- Disable Gutenberg block editor
- Export and import settings
We hope you enjoy WP Custom Admin Interface! For support please see the help tab in the plugin settings.
Upgrade to pro
Upgrade to Custom Admin Interface Pro to create multiple menus, toolbars, notices, admin/frontend code, dashboard widgets, hidden plugins, hidden metaboxes, hidden sidebars and hidden users! Easily export your settings to a file and roll back revisions of your edits. Get more settings in a new intuitive design built from the ground up.
Learn more about Custom Admin Interface Pro here
Frequently asked questions
What do I get when I download WP Custom Admin Interface?
WP Custom Admin Interface 7.43 is the latest version. It is a WordPress plugin you can download here free of charge under the GPL license, with the complete feature set included and no trial limitations. It holds a 4.7/5 rating from 160 user reviews.
Does WP Custom Admin Interface cost anything?
No. WP Custom Admin Interface 7.43 is 100% free — the full GPL version, not a trial or demo. There are no download limits, no accounts to create, and no upsells during the download.
How do I install WP Custom Admin Interface 7.43?
Download the ZIP file from this page, then in your WordPress dashboard go to Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin, choose the file, click Install Now, then Activate. The plugin works immediately after activation — no license key or extra setup is required for the core features.
What are the requirements for WP Custom Admin Interface?
WP Custom Admin Interface 7.43 requires WordPress 3.0.1 or higher. Most modern WordPress hosts already meet these versions. Running older versions may cause features to break, so update WordPress and PHP first if your site is behind.
When was WP Custom Admin Interface last updated?
Version 7.43 was last updated on February 10, 2026. This page is refreshed automatically, so the download here always matches the newest version we have verified.
Is the WP Custom Admin Interface download safe?
The file is sourced directly from the official WordPress.org repository — the same file the developer published. It is served unmodified, so what you install here is byte-identical to the official release.
Technical details
| Version | 7.43 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | February 10, 2026 |
| Active installs | 30,000+ |
| Rating | ★★★★★ 4.7/5 (160 reviews) |
| Requires WordPress | 3.0.1 or higher |
| Author | Northern Beaches Websites |
| Tags | admin, customize, interface, menu, menu-editor |
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