Restore Admin Menu (ru_RU)
Restores the admin menu when updating from 3.1.x or an older install to the latest release from ru.wordpress.org.
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·10 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, Restore Admin Menu (ru_RU) is a WordPress l10n plugin with 10 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Loco Translate.
5/51 reviews
10active installs
3.5K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Up to 3.3.x, Russian WordPress packages had some CSS fixes to make room for translated strings in the admin menu and other UI elements.
In 3.4 and 3.5, those fixes were merged into core (see #19603 and #20975). However, obsolete language files are not deleted during an automatic update (see #20974). Unfortunately, this causes the admin menu to disappear when directly updating from 3.1.x or an older version to the latest releases from ru.wordpress.org.
The list of obsolete files:
wp-content/languages/ru_RU.php
wp-content/languages/ru_RU.css
wp-content/languages/ru_RU-ie.css
wp-content/languages/ms-ru_RU.css
The best option is just to remove them manually via FTP. If for some reason you can’t do that, you can try this plugin, which restores the admin menu by unhooking ru_accomodate_m…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.5+ requiredTested up to 4.2.39 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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0.2
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ru_extend_menu()function in unofficial builds
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