Admin Shortcuts replaces the cluttered default WordPress dashboard with a clean, unified hub. Everything you need — from quick actions to view analytics — is visible at a glance.
Features:
- Quick Actions — Pinned at the top of the dashboard for instant access. One-click buttons for New Post, New Page, Upload Media, and up to five custom links you configure yourself.
- Admin Bar Shortcuts — An “Admin Shortcuts” dropdown in the WordPress toolbar gives you a Dashboard link and a Check PageSpeed link (opens Google PageSpeed Insights for your homepage in a new tab — no API key needed).
- Page & Post View Analytics — Tracks visits to your posts and pages in your own database with no third-party service. Views are split into separate Posts and Pages panels, each showing:
- An interactive Chart.js line chart with date labels on the bottom axis and view counts on the left axis.
- Smooth curves, gradient fill, and visible data-point markers with hover tooltips.
- A trend indicator (% change vs the previous period).
- A scrollable top-content list with proportional bar indicators.
- Recent Users Sidebar — The most recently registered users are shown in the right sidebar with their name and role. Includes a total user count and an Add User shortcut.
- System Overview Sidebar — Site Health score with a visual gauge and metric list, plus server information (PHP version, memory limit, database version), all in the right sidebar.
- Updates Available — Plugin and theme update cards with one-click Update and Update All buttons, inline status badges, and active-theme warnings.
- Recent Comments — Pending comments with inline Approve, Spam, and Trash actions powered by the WordPress REST API — no page reload required.
- At a Glance — Post, page, comment, and user counts with direct links.
- Dark / Light Mode — Toggle dashboard appearance; preference saved per user.
- Clean Dashboard — Hides core WordPress dashboard widgets when Admin Shortcuts is enabled; third-party widgets remain visible.
- Custom Quick Links — Configure up to five quick-link slots (label, URL, enabled) under Settings > Admin Shortcuts.
- View Tracking Settings — Choose which post types to track, set a data-retention window (default 90 days, or keep forever), and optionally count logged-in user visits.
- Rollback — A backup is snapshotted automatically right before any plugin or theme update. If the update breaks something, restore the previous version from Settings > Admin Shortcuts > Rollback.