WP Manifestindependent plugin directory
manifest / admin / wp-admin-studio

WP Admin Studio self-updates

Professional WordPress admin toolkit - admin UI, maintenance mode, login page, custom scripts, translations, SVG upload and more.

by KACER STUDIO s.r.o. · github.com/kacerstudio/wp-admin-studio · website

★ 0stars
0forks

Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/kacerstudio/wp-admin-studio/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

Ships its own WordPress updater (built-in updater), so new versions show up under Dashboard → Updates.

Readme github.com/kacerstudio/wp-admin-studio ↗

Professional WordPress admin toolkit: customize the admin UI, login page, maintenance mode, custom scripts, translations and file editors.

Description

Admin Studio is a comprehensive WordPress administration toolkit that lets you customize and optimize your WordPress site from a single settings panel — without touching code.

Admin Customization

  • Hide or customize items in the admin toolbar
  • Remove dashboard widgets
  • Customize admin page titles
  • Hide WordPress version from the admin footer
  • Hide "Howdy" greeting
  • Hide update notifications for non-administrators
  • Disable automatic update notification emails

Scripts & Code

  • Insert custom CSS, HTML, or JavaScript into <head>, body start, or footer
  • Custom PHP code editor (equivalent to functions.php — admin only)
  • Google Maps API key manager

Maintenance Mode

  • Enable a maintenance page for visitors while admins see the real site
  • Fully customizable maintenance page HTML and styling
  • Optional: show maintenance mode to all logged-in users

Login Page

  • Customize the login page logo, background, colors, and fonts
  • Custom login URL (hide the default /wp-login.php)
  • Hide unnecessary login page elements (language switcher, "Lost your password?", etc.)

Editor

  • robots.txt editor with backup/restore
  • .htaccess editor with backup/restore

Frontend

  • Custom archive title prefixes
  • [year] shortcode for dynamic copyright years (compatible with Salient, Astra, OceanWP, GeneratePress, Kadence, Neve, Divi, Flatsome)
  • Disable lazy loading for responsive images
  • Disable big image threshold

Media

  • SVG file upload support with automatic SVG sanitization
  • Media file replacement (replace uploaded files while keeping the same URL)

Posts & Pages

  • Duplicate posts and pages with one click
  • Post status color coding in list views
  • Custom frontend edit link for logged-in users
  • Disable Gutenberg block editor

Comments

  • Completely disable comments
  • Remove the URL field from the comment form

Translations

  • Visual front-end text translation — replace any text on your site without a translation plugin

System & Security

  • Disable user enumeration (REST API and author archives)
  • Custom email sender name and address for all outgoing WordPress emails
  • Auto-delete unnecessary core files after updates
  • WPForms country restriction

Backup & Import/Export

  • Export and import all plugin settings as a JSON file
  • Export and import custom translations

Installation

  1. Upload the wp-admin-studio folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress Plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins screen in WordPress.
  3. Navigate to Settings → Admin Studio to configure the plugin.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does this plugin modify my theme files?

No. All customizations are applied through WordPress hooks and filters. Your theme files are never modified.

Is the custom PHP code editor safe?

The PHP code editor stores code in the WordPress database and executes it on every page load via wp_init. Access to the editor is restricted to administrators with the manage_options capability — the same permission required to install plugins. Treat it like a live functions.php editor: only enter code you understand and trust.

How does SVG upload work?

When SVG upload support is enabled, uploaded SVG files are automatically sanitized to remove potentially dangerous markup (scripts, event handlers, external references). The unfiltered_upload capability is granted dynamically via a WordPress filter while the plugin is active — no permanent changes are made to user roles in the database.

Can I use this plugin on a multisite installation?

Basic functionality works on multisite. SVG upload support is enabled per-site.

How do I restore my .htaccess or robots.txt after an error?

The plugin automatically creates a backup before saving. You can restore the previous version using the "Restore backup" button on the Editor settings page.

Changelog

2.0

  • Added: Option to hide the site icon (favicon) shown next to the site name in the admin bar (WordPress 7.1+)
  • Improved: Improved login page — the logo can be sized by width and height with the aspect ratio kept automatically, plus a unified look for the password reset and admin email verification screens

1.9.9

  • Improved: More options for customizing the login page — new card design with heading and subtitle, stacked action buttons, "Hide logo" and "Hide info heading" toggles, restyled language switcher, and better mobile rendering
  • Fixed: Password visibility eye icon on the login page was invisible

1.9.8

  • Fixed: PHP Warning "Undefined variable $user_login" on custom login URL page (PHP 8.x)

1.9.7

  • Fixed: Automatic update checker was not running — updater was loaded but never initialized, preventing update notifications from appearing in the WordPress dashboard

1.9.6

  • Improved: Admin UI colors now use WordPress CSS variables for full compatibility with all color schemes, including the Modern scheme introduced in WordPress 7.0
  • Added: Option to hide the Command Palette search button (Ctrl+K) from the admin bar

1.9.5

  • Fixed: Media file replacement feature was missing

1.9.4

  • Fixed: Login page password field now shows correct Feather outline eye icons (open/crossed) instead of lock icons — previous code used wrong dashicons unicode values
  • Fixed: Eye icon vertical alignment in password field corrected (centered)
  • Fixed: Sticky save bar no longer drifts into the left admin menu on sites with non-default menu widths — positioning is now calculated dynamically from actual menu width

1.9.3

  • Security: SVG capability now granted dynamically via map_meta_cap filter — no permanent role modifications
  • Security: Added data disclosure notice to bug report form
  • Code: Plugin now loads via plugins_loaded hook
  • Code: Added uninstall.php to clean up all plugin data on deletion
  • Code: Added PHP and WordPress version checks on activation

1.9.2

  • Improved SVG sanitization
  • Added media replacement feature
  • Various bug fixes

1.9.1

  • Added WPForms country restriction
  • Added custom login URL feature
  • Performance improvements

1.9.0

  • Added visual translation editor
  • Added post status color coding
  • Added duplicate posts feature