Admin Menu Editor vs If Menu
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| Feature | Admin Menu Editor v1.15.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free + paid · ★ 4.6/5 Visit Details | If Menu v0.19.2 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.1/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 300,000+ | 50,000+ |
| Last updated | August 19, 2026 | December 5, 2024 |
| Editions | Admin Menu Editor · Admin Menu Editor Pro ($) | If Menu · If Menu Premium ($) |
| Pros | Reorder, rename and hide any admin menu item; Add custom menu entries that point to any dashboard page or external URL | Rules for logged-in state, roles and WooCommerce memberships on menu items; Core visibility rules are free |
| Cons | Per-role and per-user controls need the Pro version; The free editor shows Pro upgrade prompts | Country rule sends visitor IP addresses to web-api.com; Plan check contacts layered.market and sends the licence key |
| Mentioned in our posts | 2 | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Shortcodes for admin URL, home URL and user info, Network-wide (multisite) mu-plugin module, Access editor for per-role menu permissions ($), Hide plugins from other users on the Plugins page ($) | Logged-in and logged-out visibility, Visibility by user role, WooCommerce Memberships condition, User location (country) condition, Premium plan check ($) |
| Integrations | ||
| E-commerce | WooCommerce | WooCommerce geolocation |
| Plugins | WPML, bbPress | WooCommerce Memberships |
| Other | — | web-api.com IP lookup, layered.market plan service ($) |
| Requires WordPress | 5.9 | — |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | 6.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Phones home | No | No |
| External services | — | layered.market, web-api.com |
| Shortcodes | 3 | — |