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Secret Drawer

A hidden drawer in wp-admin, unlocked by a secret word. Silly to find, genuinely useful to have.

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1.0.0latest · 2mo ago

Install

Download secret-drawer.zip From the 1.0.0 release on GitHub, Aug 28, 2026

Upload it under Plugins → Add New Plugin → Upload Plugin, then activate.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/nikmclaughlin/secret-drawer/releases/download/1.0.0/secret-drawer.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.

A hidden drawer for your wp-admin. Only those with secret knowledge can access its riches. Who knows what's inside?

Type the secret word on any wp-admin page and the secret drawer appears! Fill it with your notes, links, busts of Socrates, or your own custom cubbies. Nobody else sees it. Nobody else knows it's there.

Try it in WordPress Playground

Try it in WordPress Playground

The demo drops you straight into wp-admin. Type the default secret word hellodolly anywhere on an admin screen (outside a text field) and the drawer will slide in. 🤫

Requirements

  • WordPress 6.4+
  • PHP 7.4+

Development

No build step: plain PHP, plain JS (wp-components via wp.element.createElement), one CSS file. No npm.

# Lint all PHP
find . -name '*.php' ! -path './vendor/*' -exec php -l {} \;

Extending

Other plugins can add their own cubbies and levers with one filter — see SECRET-DRAWER-EXTENDING.md.

License

GPL-2.0-or-later

Releases

1 release. Each count is every asset in that release; expand a row for the breakdown.

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Assets
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1.0.0 latest
Aug 28, 2026 2mo ago
secret-drawer.zip +1 asset
5
secret-drawer.zip5
secret-drawer-1.0.0.zip0