Notifications for Collapsed Admin Menu
Highlights the comments and plugins icons in the collapsed admin sidebar menu when notifications are pending.
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·10 active installs·Updated 11 months agoAs of April 2026, Notifications for Collapsed Admin Menu is a WordPress menu plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 5.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Top alternative: Admin Menu Editor.
0/5Rating
10active installs
5.0K+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
In the WordPress admin, when the left sidebar menu is expanded WordPress presents you with a highlighted number within the menu itself indicating the number of pending comments (i.e. comments in moderation) and a separate number for the number of plugins with updates.
However, if you collapse the sidebar menu, then there are no visual indications that either types of updates are available. You can view the count of updated plugins by hovering on the plugins icon (or, for comments, by hovering on the comments icon), but you must manually do that to learn of updates.
This plugin enhances the sidebar menu to display a visual indication that comments are in moderation and/or there are plugin updates available. It does so by using a different-colored background for the icon (see the screenshot…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.7 (2025-04-17)
- Hardening: Escape filtered and translated data before output
- Change: Discontinue unnecessary explicit loading of textdomain
- Change: Build string via concatenation rather than using HEREDOC syntax
- Change: Note compatibility through WP 6.8+
- Change: Note compatibility through PHP 8.3+
…and 4 more changes
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