Description
SAA Admin Menu Controls gives you complete per-role control over the WordPress admin menu. Decide exactly which links each role can see — hide the clutter or show only the essentials — including menus added by third-party plugins like Elementor and WooCommerce.
Perfect for agencies and freelancers shipping sites to clients: each role gets a tailored admin menu while administrators keep the full toolkit.
Official Plugin Website | Documentation & Setup Guide
Administrators are always protected: the plugin never applies its effects to administrators unless they deliberately enter Preview Mode to see exactly what a role sees. A built-in safe-mode bypass (?saamc_safe=1) guarantees you can never lock yourself out.
Key features:
- Per-role admin menu control — independent rules for each role (Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber, plus any custom roles).
- Two menu modes — « Hide selected » (tick what to remove) or « Show only selected » (tick what to keep, hide everything else).
- Automatic menu detection — every registered admin menu appears as a tickable choice, including third-party plugin menus.
- Admin toolbar control — also hide admin bar nodes per role.
- Optional client dashboard — replace default widgets with a welcome panel (title, message, quick links, help box).
- Preview Mode — see the admin exactly as any role sees it, with a bright « Exit Preview Mode » button.
- Lockout-proof — administrators are never affected unless previewing, and
?saamc_safe=1instantly restores every menu. - Modern tabbed settings screen, no external dependencies, no build step, translation ready.
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Installation
- Upload the
saa-admin-menu-controlsfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress Plugins screen directly. - Activate the plugin through the « Plugins » screen in WordPress.
- Go to Settings > SAA Admin Menu Controls to configure the plugin.
- Select the target roles, choose a menu mode (Hide selected / Show only selected), and tick the admin menu links.
- Use Preview Mode to verify the menu as that role sees it, then Save.
For a complete walkthrough, see the Setup Guide.
FAQ
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Will this affect administrators?
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No. Administrators (users with the
manage_optionscapability) are always protected and never have effects applied, unless they explicitly enable Preview Mode from the settings page. -
I hid too much and cannot find the settings. What do I do?
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Add
?saamc_safe=1to any admin URL (for example/wp-admin/index.php?saamc_safe=1). This instantly disables all effects for administrators and clears Preview Mode. -
No. Hiding a menu item only removes it from the admin menu for the selected roles. It does not change WordPress capabilities. Use a dedicated role/capability plugin if you need to restrict access itself.
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Yes. The plugin detects every top-level admin menu currently registered — including menus added by plugins such as Elementor and WooCommerce — and lists them automatically as tickable choices, so you no longer have to type them by hand.
If a menu is not listed (for example one that only appears in certain contexts), you can still add it via the « Custom menu slugs » textarea, one slug per line. Use the menu slug the plugin registered, not the URL: for example
elementor, notadmin.php?page=elementor. The plugin also accepts the fulladmin.php?page=...form and normalises it for you. Core custom post type menus use their full slug, for exampleedit.php?post_type=product. -
What is the difference between « Hide selected » and « Show only selected »?
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Each role’s Admin Menu section has a mode switch. In « Hide selected » mode (the default) the items you tick are removed and everything else stays. In « Show only selected » mode the plugin keeps only the items you tick and removes everything else — ideal when a client should see just a couple of menus. The Dashboard is always kept in « Show only » mode so the client still has a home screen.
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Does the plugin store any personal data?
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No. It stores a single settings option and a per-administrator preview flag in user meta. Both are removed when you uninstall the plugin.
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Is the plugin translation ready?
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Yes. All user-facing strings use the
saa-admin-menu-controlstext domain and a POT template is included in thelanguagesfolder.
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Historique des changements
1.0.1
- Patch: Force CSS cache refresh to ensure styling loads correctly after updates.
1.0.0
- Initial release.
- Independent per-role configuration — each role has its own hidden menus, hidden toolbar items, and client dashboard.
- Automatic detection of all registered admin menus, including third-party plugin menus.
- Per-role « Hide selected » / « Show only selected » mode for admin menus.
- Modern settings screen with hero header, tabbed navigation, and per-role panels.
- Branded client dashboard widget with gradient header, quick links, and help box.
- Preview Mode to experience the admin as any configured role.
- Safe-mode bypass (
?saamc_safe=1) for lockout protection. - Translation ready.