Admin Menu Search
Admin Menu Search adds a search box filter to the top of the WordPress Admin Menu so you can easily locate items on sites with lots of menus.
4.9(14 reviews)
·3.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Admin Menu Search is a WordPress menu plugin with 3.0K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 14 reviews. It has been downloaded 16K+ times in total. Requires WordPress false+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2019. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 13% this week. Top alternative: Admin Menu Editor.
4.9/514 reviews
3.0K+active installs
16K+total downloads
7 yearssince 2019
Overview
Admin Menu Search is a simple plugin that adds a search box filter to the top of the Admin Menu in the WordPress Dashboard. No more scrolling up and down or using your browser’s Ctrl+F or Find function to locate menu items.
Just enter a few characters in the Search Menus field and the Admin Menu will be trimmed down to only the items that match your search.
Submenus are also included in the search, so if you’re looking for “Widgets” it will keep the “Appearance” menu in the list because Widgets lives under Appearance / Widgets.
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Useful and unobtrusive
by OllieJones·11 months ago
I wish more plugin authors had herchen’s keep-it-simple sense of software aesthetics. No notice boxes, zero config, does one thing and does it well. Thanks!
OK but online handles left side top level
by Dennis Bareis·1 year ago
Doesn’t handle top admin menu or trimming submenus. It also doesn’t remove dividers.
Must Have !!!
by baldosebastien·2 years ago·1 reply
Perfect simple functionaly without any configuration required
Very good helper
by ivanjacek·2 years ago
Very good helper
THANKYOU
by firecentaur·2 years ago
I will install this in ALL of my sites!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great optimizer for admins – find anything in the backend easily
Download Trends
Today: 14Yesterday: 17This week: 88Period total: 6K
Compatibility
| WordPress | false+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.2
84.5%
v1.1
15.5%
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