Title: Admin Menu Search Author: herchen Published: August 18, 2019 Last modified: January 27, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/admin-menu-search/assets/icon-128x128.jpg?rev=2141492) # Admin Menu Search By [herchen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/herchen/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/admin-menu-search.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu-search/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu-search/#reviews) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu-search/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-menu-search/) ## Description 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. [Follow Me on Mastodon](https://motern.media/@herchenroder) ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6ac7c2e9bb1e43d09d87b780c06c09b391a52680c3b1512bcd094176376a1a26? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Useful and unobtrusive](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/useful-and-unobtrusive-2/)󠁿 [OllieJones](https://profiles.wordpress.org/olliejones/) April 14, 2025 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! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6cfc8c01f1ea3a75ec6f7dba8f2a014ef4cca4fd63a50fb3c8772e492e472ecc? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[OK but online handles left side top level](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/ok-but-online-handles-left-side-top-level/)󠁿 [Dennis Bareis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dbareis/) July 9, 2024 Doesn’t handle top admin menu or trimming submenus. It also doesn’t remove dividers. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b7410aa017c606c5bcfff8dea806c7f38c7f78318705bf0648cc6d394b14a053? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Must Have !!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/must-have-699/)󠁿 [baldosebastien](https://profiles.wordpress.org/baldosebastien/) February 5, 2024 1 reply Perfect simple functionaly without any configuration required ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f52495045f48085a291bbe8b8eb256a1fd6a6916eceee780fa7bb1fc9a6eb97e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very good helper](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-good-helper/)󠁿 [ivanjacek](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ivanjacek/) December 26, 2023 Very good helper ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/f1b622d2345e9e3e047871b70ce76f468e8a915a224f5af72c66127cd340dbf1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[THANKYOU](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thankyou-28/)󠁿 [firecentaur](https://profiles.wordpress.org/firecentaur/) December 22, 2023 I will install this in ALL of my sites!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great optimizer for admins – find anything in the backend easily ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/26b8aa860b8a81f0569184c0a62aac23970e6b4cf9ff895d52156dd18a7d780b? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-9015/)󠁿 [gvarona](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gvarona/) January 12, 2022 Works perfectly. It even find items on submenus. Great plugin [ Read all 13 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-menu-search/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Admin Menu Search” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ herchen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/herchen/) [Translate “Admin Menu Search” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/admin-menu-search) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-menu-search/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/admin-menu-search/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/admin-menu-search/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/admin-menu-search/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog 2.1.5 Tested latest WP version 2.1.4 Tested latest WP version 2.1.3 Cleaned up Short Description to fit within character limitation. 2.1.2 Cleaned up contributors and tags 2.1.1 Added blueprint file 2.1 Tested latest WP version 2.0 Tested latest WP version 1.9 Tested latest WP version 1.8 Tested latest WP version 1.7 Tested latest WP version 1.6 Tested latest WP version 1.5 Tested latest WP version 1.4 Tested latest WP version 1.3 Tested latest WP version 1.2 Moved wp_enqueue_script into admin_enqueue_scripts, tested latest WP version 1.1 Fixes for Safari 1.0 Initial plugin ## Meta * Version **1.2** * Last updated **1 year ago** * Active installations **3,000+** * Tested up to **6.7.5** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu-search/) * Tags * [admin menu](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin-menu/)[admin menu search](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin-menu-search/) [admin search](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin-search/)[menu](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/menu/) [search admin menu](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/search-admin-menu/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/admin-menu-search/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.9 out of 5 stars. * [ 13 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-menu-search/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-menu-search/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-menu-search/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-menu-search/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-menu-search/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-menu-search/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-menu-search/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ herchen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/herchen/) ## Support Got something to say? 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