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Backend Designer

Create your own design for the Wordpress Backend with live-preview and customize the Login screen with your own logo and awesome color styles.

By Daniele De Rosa·Admin Theme·Free
5(4 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 year ago
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As of April 2026, Backend Designer is a WordPress admin theme plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 13K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Add Admin CSS.

5/54 reviews
1.0K+active installs
13K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015

Overview

The Backend Designer allows you to create your own Color Scheme for your WordPress admin panel with Live-Preview. Also you can customize the Login screen uploading your own logo and style it with your favorite colors. So helpful to make client projects unique!

See it in action!

Backend Designer – Video

Features

  • Create your own design for the WordPress Backend. It´s so easy.
  • Customize the WordPress Login screen. Upload your own logo and style it with your favorite colors.
  • Upload an awesome background image to your login screen to make it very unique.
  • Set your favorite font family for your backend.
  • Live Preview: You can see the color changes while changing.
  • You have the possibility to enable your created color scheme globally for all users.

Benefits

  • It´s very fast. Style your back…
Read full description on WordPress.org

Screenshots

Ratings & Reviews

54 reviews
5 ★
4
4 ★
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3 ★
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2 ★
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1 ★
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Recent Reviews

Great Simple Plugin
by kenmundell·2 years ago

Really like how simple your plugin is to use and make changes. Is it possible to add a little more customization? Like adding more options that can be customized, links, backgrounds, etc. and possibly a spot to add custom css for the admin for a couple things that aren’t available?

Love it
by yannickburky·6 years ago

Clean and useful.

Genau das was ich gesucht habe
by hasi63·8 years ago·1 reply

Hiermit kann das Backend ganz einfach in andere Farben getaucht werden.
Sehr nützlich um ein Backend zwei Installationen zu Unterscheiden.
Läuft bei mir unter 4.7.5 einwandfrei.

  • This topic was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by hasi63.
Backend Designer
by Daniele De Rosa·10 years ago

3..2..1..Go! 🙂

Download Trends

Today: 3Yesterday: 3This week: 26Period total: 1K

Compatibility

WordPress3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 6.5.8
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.4
74.1%
v1.3
23.3%
v1.2
2.6%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.4

  • Security Fixes
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Daniele De RosaDaniele De Rosa
Plugin Info
Version
1.4
Last Updated
Apr 11, 2024
WP Requires
3.0.1+
Tested Up To
6.5.8
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
1.0K+
Downloads
13K+
Added
Nov 27, 2015
Business
Free

Tags

admin themebackend themedesign backendcustomize adminbackend designer

Developer

D
Daniele De Rosa
5 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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