Title: separator line?
Last modified: August 11, 2026

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# separator line?

 *  [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/)
 * (@jhmonroe)
 * [6 days, 18 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/separator-line-3/)
 * Is there a way to make the separator larger, stand out more, or a line/em dash?
 * As is, it’s so small it’s barely distinguishable from the normal leading.
    - I tried overriding the CSS in my theme, but since it’s in the wp-admin I guess
      that won’t work!
    - I tried adding 3 separators and it will save in the backend but only 1 separator
      shows in the frontend
 * Am I missing something?
 * Thanks!! This plugin is a lifesaver otherwise from WP menu hell! 🙂
 * Update: I found a way to do this in functions.php if anyone runs into this. But
   would still love to know if the developer says there’s a better way!
 *     ```wp-block-code
       /* * Override spacer width in admin menu */function enqueue_custom_admin_styles() {    wp_add_inline_style( 'wp-admin', '#adminmenu li.wp-menu-separator {height:20px !important;}    ' );}add_action( 'admin_enqueue_scripts', 'enqueue_custom_admin_styles' );
       ```
   
 * Or if you don’t need it to be wider but want a line, use this css:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       #adminmenu li.wp-menu-separator {border-bottom:solid 1px white;}
       ```
   
    -  This topic was modified 6 days, 18 hours ago by [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 days, 18 hours ago by [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 days, 18 hours ago by [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/).
    -  This topic was modified 6 days, 18 hours ago by [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/).

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 *  Plugin Author [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [6 days, 14 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/separator-line-3/#post-18990203)
 * Sorry, the free version of AME doesn’t have separator style settings, so that’s
   not possible in this version. My suggestion would also have been to use CSS.
 * As an alternative to editing `functions.php`, you could use an admin CSS plugin
   like this one (no affiliation):
   [https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-admin-css/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-admin-css/)
 *  Thread Starter [James Monroe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jhmonroe/)
 * (@jhmonroe)
 * [6 days, 7 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/separator-line-3/#post-18990663)
 * [@whiteshadow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/) great tip for
   the css, thanks! much easier than the manual way i’ve been doing

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