Customizing WordPress admin dashboard is easy job if you are aware of where exactly the feature is available in the menu. Sometime you will be lost with the vast options and really get panic to revert back simple display options. Especially if you are new to WordPress it will take quite sometime to get acquainted with the menus and sub-menus. Here we discuss 6 tricks for customizing WordPress admin panel interface.
Customize WordPress Admin Panel
1. Changing the Admin Color Scheme
If you do not like the default color scheme, navigate to “Users > Your Profile > Admin Color Scheme” and select the scheme you like. For example, if you work on night times it is better to choose “Midnight” scheme.
2. Disable Toolbar When Viewing Site
Whenever you login to admin screen and view your site on another browser window, there will be an admin bar visible on top of the site. You can disable this admin bar by unchecking the option “Show Toolbar when viewing site” under “Users > Your Profile > Toolbar”.
3. Enable or Disable Visual Editor
Classic Editor is super easy to use compared to Gutenberg editor. In addition, custom post types like WooCommerce product pages still use old Classic Editor. If you wonder where is the “Visual” tab disappeared in your post editor then the answer is that you might have disabled it unknowingly.
Enable the “Visual” editor again by selecting the checkbox “Disable the visual editor when writing” available under “Users > Your Profile > Visual Editor”. For Gutenberg, you can click on the three vertical dots “Options” menu and select “Code Editor” or “Visual Editor” option.
4. Change the Display Username
Your login username is shown in the top right corner like “Howdy Username”. You can change the display name other than login name by adding nickname and choosing that nickname from “Display name publicly as” dropdown under “Users > Your Profile > Name”.
5. Remove Registration Link from Login Page
WordPress admin login page by default will have a link to forget password and registration. This registration option allows anyone to register without your permission and your mailbox will be flooded with new user registration emails. Most of registrations are from automatic bots targeting to hack your site. To avoid this you can simply remove the registration link by unchecking the option “Anyone can register” under “Settings > General > Membership”.
6. Screen Options
Screen options allow you to show or hide the items available in the display area corresponding to the chosen menu. Below is the screen options shown in WordPress visual editor.
Bonus Tips – Collapse Menu
Collapse menu is the last available option in the menu section allows you to expand or collapse the menu panel to adjust the display area width.
Learn more on WordPress admin panel settings menu options.
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