Admin Menu Search

78 Quality Score

Active Installs

16/30

With only 3,000 active installs, it sits in a fairly narrow niche despite addressing a problem many large-site admins would recognize.

Update Freshness

25/25

Last updated on 2025-01-27 and tested against WordPress 6.7.5, which is reassuring, but the repository provides no stated PHP or WordPress version requirements, making environment compatibility harder to evaluate.

User Rating

15/15

A 98 out of 100 from 14 reviewers is an excellent rating, though the small sample size means it should be read as strong sentiment from early adopters rather than broad consensus.

Support Health

8/15

There are zero support threads in the record, which means either no users have needed help or there is no visible channel where help is being given.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Compatibility scores a middling 50, reflecting the missing minimum version declarations and the lack of broad install data to confirm behaviour across PHP and WordPress ranges.

Scores higher than 62% of indexed plugins

About

Admin Menu Search adds a search box filter to the top of the WordPress Admin Menu so you can easily locate items on sites with lots of menus.

Active Installs 3k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.9/5

Last Updated 2026-09-06 3:05pm GMT

Tested Up To 7.1

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Admin Menu Search adds a search input at the top of the WordPress admin sidebar, letting you type to filter and jump to menu items instead of scrolling through a long list. It is a single-purpose utility that indexes your admin menu entries and matches them as you type. It does not reorganize, hide, or restyle your menu beyond adding the search field.

Who It's For

This plugin is a good fit for site administrators, agency operators, and developers working on WordPress installations with heavy plugin counts, many custom post types, or complex admin structures where the sidebar becomes unwieldy. It is especially useful on multisite networks or enterprise sites where dozens of top-level menus slow down navigation.

Who Should Skip It

If your site has only a handful of plugins and a short admin menu, you will barely notice the benefit and can skip this entirely. Anyone who already uses a menu editor plugin like Admin Menu Editor will get equivalent or better filtering built in and does not need a separate add-on.

The Bottom Line

Admin Menu Search does one thing and appears to do it well, earning strong marks from a small but happy user base. The low install count, zero tracked support threads, and missing version requirements keep the overall quality score at a modest 54 out of 100, so treat it as a useful utility rather than a vetted staple. Try it on a staging site first if environment requirements matter to you.

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