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AdminForge

Transform, simplify, and white-label the WordPress admin experience.

by Abe Prangishvili · github.com/prangishviliabe/adminforge

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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/prangishviliabe/adminforge/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

Readme

AdminForge

Created by Abe Prangishvili.

AdminForge is a professional WordPress admin transformation plugin for simplifying, white-labeling, and controlling the backend experience by role, user, or globally.

AdminForge Cover

Overview

AdminForge helps you turn WordPress into a cleaner, client-ready admin experience without hacking core files.

It is designed for:

  • agencies
  • client portals
  • white-label dashboards
  • role-based admin simplification
  • plugin menu visibility control

Core Features

  • Dynamic scanning of registered admin menu and submenu items
  • Menu visibility rules for:
    • WordPress core
    • themes
    • plugins such as Elementor, JetEngine, and JetSmartFilters
  • Scope targeting for:
    • all users
    • selected roles
    • selected users
  • Role priority and user priority logic
  • Dashboard widget visibility control
  • Direct URL access restriction for hidden admin pages
  • Admin UI customization foundation
  • White-label branding controls
  • Custom admin CSS and JS support
  • AJAX helpers for menu rescanning and user search

Plugin Metadata

  • Plugin Name: AdminForge
  • Plugin Slug: adminforge
  • Text Domain: adminforge
  • Author: Abe Prangishvili
  • Version: 1.0.6

Folder Structure

adminforge.php
admin/
includes/
modules/
assets/
languages/

Installation

  1. Upload the adminforge plugin folder to /wp-content/plugins/.
  2. Activate the plugin in WordPress.
  3. Go to AdminForge in the WordPress admin menu.
  4. Rescan menus and configure visibility rules, branding, and UI options.

How It Works

AdminForge scans the current admin menu tree and stores a structured inventory of top-level items, submenu items, and dashboard widgets.

Rules can be applied at three levels:

  1. Global defaults
  2. Role-based targeting
  3. User-based targeting

User-specific rules take priority over role rules, and role rules take priority over global defaults.

Usage Notes

  • Use Hide selected menu items to remove clutter from the admin sidebar.
  • Use Show only selected menu items to create a minimal backend surface.
  • Enable direct-access restrictions to prevent hidden pages from being opened manually by URL.
  • Use the branding controls to create a more client-friendly admin experience.

Security

AdminForge uses:

  • capability checks
  • nonce verification
  • sanitization and escaping
  • safe redirects
  • defensive access blocking

Roadmap

Planned premium-ready expansions include:

  • import/export
  • presets
  • multisite support
  • per-screen customization
  • drag-and-drop admin layouts
  • analytics
  • custom dashboard widgets
  • onboarding panels

Changelog

1.0.6 - 2026-04-28

  • Fixed DOM-safe rendering for AJAX user selector results to prevent admin-page XSS from user display names.
  • Restricted menu and dashboard inventory writes to users with AdminForge management capability.
  • Made the AJAX helper setting enforceable at hook and endpoint level.
  • Hardened redirect target validation for direct-access restriction responses.
  • Tightened CSS value validation and limited raw custom CSS/JS saving to users with unfiltered_html.
  • Escaped login logo URLs at output time.

License

GPL-2.0-or-later

Read the full README on GitHub →