Alright, I have waited long to write a post on WordPress plugins. However, there are too many I love and it won’t be justified to make a single post for all of them. What I am going to do is write a post on the plugins I love and I think I cannot live without based on categories. By categories I mean the functionality they bring. For example, anti-spam plugins, bookmark plugins and RSS feed plugins etc. This post is dedicated to plugins that makes your WordPress admin area a better place.

I’ll dedicate this post to two plugins which I think brings beauty and ease to the way you move around in the admin area.

Before I start, let me tell you that I am on WordPress 2.5. Also, I strongly advice you to take a backup of your WordPress before you flirt with these plugins. Now that you are ready, let’s begin.

Although, WordPress 2.5 has a refreshingly great looks over it’s predecessors, I still feel that they have to get the navigation easier. I mean, each section has some subsections, like write section has subsections namely post, page and links. If you want to go to any of these subsection you have no choice but to go through the main section Write. Life would be much more easy if this whole navigation would be driven by Menu based navigation. And to achieve something like that there’s a plugin called as Admin Drop Down Menu.

Pictures say more than words. So, here’s the snapshot.

The second plugin actually beautifies rather than making navigation easier. However, it makes a great combination with the Admin Drop Down Menu. This plugin is called as Fluency Admin. I have not come across any conflict they cause or if they have any drawbacks. Following is how your admin area will look after installing both the plugins.