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WordPress Admin Menu on Right Plugin

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Recently a reader suggested that the admin menu in WordPress would be much more useful on the right side of the screen. That sounded fairly simple, so I started playing with the CSS.

A few hours later I had the CSS to move the menu to the right and started trying to figure out how to turn it into a plug-in. Two weeks later (1/7), I have now uploaded it to the repository.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/admin-menu-on-right/

Click here to download this plug-in.

Next up:

  1. Add an options page.
  2. Anything else?
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December 24th, 2008 | Tags: , , , | Category: Technology for Dummies and for Geeks | 19 comments
  1. Jessen posted the following on January 7, 2009 at 12:49 pm.

    Thanks for the guide dude!

    Jessen Baby Centre,
    http://www.mybaby.com.my/

  2. Nakul posted the following on January 9, 2009 at 3:38 am.

    Great plugin, are there other developed by you?

  3. Gwendolyn Choo posted the following on January 19, 2009 at 12:36 am.

    Great plugin, are there other developed by you?

    nice blog

    Regards
    Gwen

    http://medical-employment-australia.com

  4. Luke Gedeon posted the following on January 19, 2009 at 10:10 am.

    Gwendolyn and Nakul,
    This is my first plug-in, but I am looking for other ideas for new plug-ins. Is there anything else you would like to see improved in WordPress 2.7?

  5. Филипп posted the following on February 15, 2009 at 2:30 am.

    Да! полностью поддерживаю, статья интересная

  6. Ольга posted the following on February 17, 2009 at 11:37 pm.

    Вспомнил тут шутку: Плохо, когда жена умеет готовить, но не хочет! Хуже, если не умеет готовить, но хочет! ))

  7. Сергей posted the following on February 26, 2009 at 5:39 am.

    А вы случаем не ведете блоги по смежным темам? У Вас отлично получается и посещений много, я смотрю

  8. Luke Gedeon posted the following on February 26, 2009 at 8:48 am.

    Сергей, Ольга, Филипп,

    I do not know Russian so I am not able to reply to your comments. In the future, please comment in English. I assume you know English since you are commenting on a post that is written in English.

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    [...] I went ahead and released the right side admin menu as a separate plugin for now and will release all my tweaks when I figure out the options [...]

  10. models posted the following on April 8, 2009 at 6:14 pm.

    This is a very useful plugin. I have always wanted my admin menu on the right side. I have also talked to many other people who have preferred their admin menu on the right side but have not been able to figure out hope to move it in the CSS. Thanks for developing this plugin,it is great.

  11. Detroit Web Design posted the following on May 5, 2009 at 1:22 pm.

    This plugin is excellent! It makes thing so much more convenient now. It works perfectly well..Thanks so much!

  12. Company Logo Design posted the following on May 20, 2009 at 4:32 am.

    Yeah its true .When the admin menu is on right hand side its much easier to access it. Indeed your plug in is very Useful. I just installed your plug in . Works well. Thanks

  13. Photo Retouch posted the following on May 25, 2009 at 10:04 pm.

    Well as long as your used to it I guess any position would be fine. But leaving it on the right would Be easy for most of the people. I’ll try this out and see. Thanks for the plugin Luke.

  14. Mike posted the following on May 28, 2009 at 5:29 am.

    Hi, I have used your plugin for one of my clients. He is very glad. Looking for more useful plugins here. Thanks for sharing!

  15. maimax posted the following on June 4, 2009 at 12:08 pm.

    OHH Every now and again I find a web site that is a real source of useful information and content. This is one of those. A rare beast indeed. Keep up the good work. Kind regards

  16. Card Offers posted the following on June 9, 2009 at 5:55 am.

    Yes its always helpful to have the admin menu on the right side of the plug in. I think its more easy to handle since most of the users are right handed IMO.

  17. Cheap Office Supplies posted the following on June 26, 2009 at 3:21 pm.

    Well im left handed still i find it very easy to access when the admin panel is on my righthand side. Thanks a lot for coming up with such a good idea

  18. Fine Art Posters & Prints posted the following on June 29, 2009 at 10:33 am.

    Its a good idea, i respect your css skills! certainly good coding should enable anything to be stuck anywhere via the css settings, with good semantic markup and content separated from layout settings. Users always have different opinions so your idea will satisfy some.
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  19. Jeremy James posted the following on July 20, 2009 at 10:54 am.

    Good plug in and a handy addition to the ease of use factor – been able to move it easily is a real bonus.
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