by WP Chill 4.7 (21 reviews)

Wider Admin Menu

Name: Wider Admin Menu
Rating: 4.7 (21 reviews)
Author: WP Chill

Let your admin menu breathe.

Wider Admin Menu ranks #4,901 among WordPress.org plugins with 2,000+ active installations, is #693 of 8,548 in the Customization category, a 4.7/5 rating from 21 reviews, and was last updated Dec 2, 2025. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 6.9 (Current: 7.1)

v1.4 Current Version v1.4

Updated 9 months ago Last Update on 02 Dec, 2025

Refreshed 15 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#693 of 8,548 in Customization Top 10% by installs Downloads -19.7% this week

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2K+

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25.5K

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94%

Review 4.7 out of 5

4.7 (21 reviews)

Next Milestone 3K

Total Progress 83.4%

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.4
Last Updated: Dec 02, 2025
Requires WP: 5.2+
Tested Up To: 6.9
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: WP Chill

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 21
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Wider Admin Menu is for WordPress site owners and administrators who want more room in their wp-admin sidebar. It solves the problem of the default 160px admin menu feeling too narrow by letting users widen it up to 300px.

Set admin menu width
Adjustable from 160px to 300px
Includes separate stylesheet option
Removes all settings on deletion
Settings persist on deactivation

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Wider Admin Menu

Sure. That's actually how this plugin started out. If you simply need a wider admin bar and you're cool with CSS then try this: Look in the plugin's /css folder for the file wider-admin-menu.css. Then either copy its contents to your theme's stylesheet, OR copy the file to your theme folder and add this to your theme's functions.php to load it: function wider_admin_menu() { wp_enqueue_style( 'wider-admin-menu', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/wider-admin-menu.css' ); } add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', 'wider_admin_menu' ); That covers WordPress 4.0 and up. For WordPress 3.8 to 3.9.2, substitute wider-admin-menu-38.css. For WordPress 3.5 to 3.7.1, substitute wider-admin-menu-35.css. For WordPress 3.3 to 3.4.2, substitute wider-admin-menu-33.css. Need a hand? I'm on the support forum.

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Some plugins and themes don't fully uninstall everything they installed - things like settings, database tables, subdirectories. That bugs me. Sometimes, it bugs your WordPress too. So this plugin will completely remove itself upon deletion. Deactivating the plugin will leave the settings intact, though. As an added bonus, you can switch off "Leave No Trace" so the settings remain after deletion, if you want.

Please report security bugs found in the source code of the Wider Admin Menu plugin through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure Program. The Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and notify the developers of this plugin."