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Customizing your Admin Panel with Material WP

Last updated on Oct 16, 2023

WordPress admin interface has been the same for ages. But have you ever wondered how a Material Design version of the admin interface would look like?

Material WP is an admin theme developed to give you that look and feeling, helping you to provide your clients with a more customized Dashboard. Material WP is also part of WP Ultimo’s premium plugins core.

After installing it, go to your Plugins page and click to activate it on your Network.

Activate it network-wide on your Plugins page

NOTE: If you just activate it, it will show on your client’s as an option that can be marked to add the theme only to that user.

Now, you have your admin interface completely redesign! You also have a new menu on the left column called Material WP

Here's the Material Design look on your WP install

On this menu you’ll have access to five tabs:

Styling Settings

Functionality

Custom CSS

Import / Export

Activate Material WP

In each of them, you can enable and disable styling items, allow or block functionalities, and provide your clients with the customization they might be looking for on your network of sites. Here is an example of what you can get after some adjustments:

Your client's new Dashboard

Login page