WordPress Plugin Of The Week: NiceAdmin
I don’t think it’s a really big secret that the default WordPress admin is ugly. I’ve been trying to find alternates to the default interface by using plugins for awhile now. Until recently the best admin plugin I had ever found was Steve Smith’s WP Tiger. I think I’ve found one even better this week though. It’s called NiceAdmin by Douglas Karr.
NiceAdmin doesn’t totally reinvent the layout or functionality of the default admin. instead it simply cleans the look up and improves upon it. The color scheme closely resembles that of WordPress.com so it’s much, much easier on the eyes. And unlike most of the other admin plugins, NiceAdmin doesn’t rearrange everything so you can’t find the features you’re looking for.
Thanks for the mention! Rumor has it, the Admin section of Wordpress will be getting an overhaul soon (I hope so!) where someone can customize it as much as they can the rest of their site. I’m looking forward to it!
Comment by Douglas Karr — January 20, 2008 @ 11:07 am
I read something similar the other day but I wasn’t sure if it was official or not. I write a lot about WordPress here but the realty is that I don’t use it for client sites because I think the admin is so bad. It’s just as easy to roll my own simple CMS as it is to teach someone WordPress and deal with their tech support requests.
Comment by Link — January 20, 2008 @ 11:24 am
I had no idea you could even customize the admin area with a plugin. Thanks a lot for the heads up. I’ll give it a try. Nice site. I’ll be checking you out.
Comment by Jason Boom — January 20, 2008 @ 7:17 pm
This is very nice and clean. Downloading it asap.
Comment by Jason — January 21, 2008 @ 7:27 pm