Smart Admin Search
This plugin adds a search engine to the WordPress dashboard.
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·30 active installs·Updated 3 months agoAs of April 2026, Smart Admin Search is a WordPress admin plugin with 30 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 4.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2020. Top alternative: Loginizer.
0/5Rating
30active installs
4.0K+total downloads
6 yearssince 2020
Overview
With Smart Admin Search you can quickly find contents in the WordPress dashboard without going up and down on the admin menu.
Just click on the top-right link or press a keyboard shortcut to open the search box, then type what you are looking for. Easy!
Currently Smart Admin Search can find:
- admin menu items
- posts
- pages
- users
- media
- custom post types contents
Configuration
Settings for the plugin are available on the Settings -> Smart Admin Search page.
Some things you can do in the settings page:
- configure the keyboard shortcut to open the search box.
- disable search functions you don’t need.
- change layout of the search link on the admin bar
Permissions
The search box can be used by users of any role. Each user will get results available for the assigned role.
For pages and po…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
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Changelog
1.5.1 [2024-07-14]
- Tested on WordPress 6.6.
- Fixed admin bar position on WordPress 6.6.
1.5.0 [2023-09-15]
- Added a notice after plugin activation to suggest visiting plugin settings and choose a keyboard shortcut.
- Small changes to the search field appearance.
- Tested on WordPress 6.3.
1.4.1 [2023-04-10]
- Fixed a bug in the search when the site has no cu…
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