{"id":3284,"date":"2022-02-21T16:46:11","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T14:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2022-05-19T17:54:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T14:54:23","slug":"how-to-customize-your-wordpress-dashboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/how-to-customize-your-wordpress-dashboard\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Customize Your WordPress Dashboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

WordPress is all about customizations. The open-source CMS<\/strong> allows you to tinker with even the tiniest details of your web-building experience. Be it a native functionality or a handy plugin – users can easily play around with their user area, website navigation, menu structure, or design layout.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

In this guide, we will focus more on our WordPress Dashboard<\/strong><\/a> – what is it, how it works, and how can we customize it to serve our needs better?<\/p>\n

What Can You Do With Your WordPress Dashboard?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The WordPress Dashboard is your administrative area where you manage your WP website and perform most site-building actions and optimizations<\/strong>. It offers an overview of your online project and various menus to add content<\/strong>, set permissions<\/strong>, activate plugins<\/strong>, change site settings<\/strong>, and many more.<\/p>\n

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By default, you can access the WordPress admin dashboard by putting \/wp-admin<\/strong> at the end of your website URL. But as this is a well-known fact, we strongly suggest you change the path for administrative access upon the WP installation<\/strong><\/a> to reduce the risks of unauthorized login.<\/p>\n

When you first land in your admin panel, you will see a bunch of helpful widgets in the middle of the screen, things like site status<\/strong>, activity<\/strong>, and news<\/strong>. On the left side are your menus, containing various options and settings. This is where you’ll be spending most of your time customizing different aspects of your website.<\/p>\n

But how about modifying the actual dashboard? What can we do to spruce up our administrative panel?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

How to Customize Your WordPress Dashboard<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Even though the WordPress dashboard is quite intuitive and straightforward<\/strong>, some users might want to simplify it further, rearrange it, or even change its overall design. Luckily, WordPress has got you covered.<\/p>\n

Here are a few clever ways to customize your admin panel:<\/strong><\/p>\n

White-labeling the WordPress Dashboard<\/strong><\/h3>\n

White-labeling<\/span> every platform you utilize is a great way to keep your operations in tune with your brand strategy. Whether we are changing the panel logo<\/strong>, switching the admin color scheme<\/strong>, or adding custom design elements<\/strong> – WordPress can help you ensure everything looks as expected.<\/p>\n

As with many actions on this list, the easiest way to go about customization is with the proper plugin. In our specific case, one of the best add-ons is called White Label CMS<\/strong>, installed on over 200,000 WP instances<\/strong> already.<\/p>\n

With its help, you can:<\/strong><\/p>\n