Title: Admin Shortcuts
Author: Anil
Published: <strong>June 17, 2026</strong>
Last modified: June 17, 2026

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# Admin Shortcuts

 By [Anil](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anilsuwal16/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/anilsuwal-admin-shortcuts.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/anilsuwal-admin-shortcuts/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/anilsuwal-admin-shortcuts/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/anilsuwal-admin-shortcuts/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/anilsuwal-admin-shortcuts/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/anilsuwal-admin-shortcuts/)

## Description

Admin Shortcuts adds a set of powerful dashboard widgets that put the most common
admin tasks within reach. Stop digging through menus — manage your site faster from
the WordPress dashboard.

**Features:**

 * **Quick Links** — One-click buttons for New Post, New Page, and Upload Media,
   plus up to five custom links you configure yourself.
 * **View All Users** — Shortcut to the users list with a live badge showing total
   registered users.
 * **Pending Comments** — Review pending comments with inline Accept and Reject 
   buttons (no page reload, powered by the REST API).
 * **Site Health Status** — Green, yellow, or red indicator pulled from WordPress
   Site Health data.
 * **Core Update Notice** — Warning badge and quick link when a WordPress core update
   is available.
 * **Plugin Update Counter** — Shows how many plugins need updates with a shortcut
   to the updates screen.
 * **Drag-to-Reorder** — Rearrange quick-link buttons via drag and drop; order is
   saved per user.
 * **Dark / Light Mode** — Toggle dashboard widget appearance; preference saved 
   to user meta.
 * **Recent Posts** — Last five published posts with title and edit link.
 * **Custom Quick Links** — Configure five quick link slots (label, URL, enabled)
   from Settings > Admin Shortcuts.
 * **Clean Dashboard** — Hides core WordPress dashboard widgets when Admin Shortcuts
   is enabled; third-party widgets remain visible.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `anilsuwal-admin-shortcuts` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory,
    or install through the WordPress Plugins screen.
 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu in WordPress.
 3. Visit the **Dashboard** to see Admin Shortcuts widgets.
 4. Configure quick links and plugin options under **Settings > Admin Shortcuts**.

## FAQ

### Does Admin Shortcuts work with multisite?

Yes. Dashboard widgets respect WordPress capabilities on each site.

### Can I hide individual widgets?

Yes. Use **Screen Options** at the top of the Dashboard to show or hide any Admin
Shortcuts widget.

### How are comment actions secured?

Comment moderation uses the WordPress REST API with nonce verification and requires
the `moderate_comments` capability.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Admin Shortcuts” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Anil ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anilsuwal16/)

[Translate “Admin Shortcuts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/anilsuwal-admin-shortcuts)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/anilsuwal-admin-shortcuts/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/anilsuwal-admin-shortcuts/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/anilsuwal-admin-shortcuts/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/anilsuwal-admin-shortcuts/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release with quick links, users shortcut, comment moderation, site health,
   update notices, theme toggle, recent posts, and custom link settings.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **12 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0**
 *  PHP version ** 8.0 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[comments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comments/)
   [dashboard](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dashboard/)[quick links](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/quick-links/)
   [site health](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/site-health/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/anilsuwal-admin-shortcuts/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Anil ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anilsuwal16/)

## Support

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