WP Adminify is good, but not good enough. Will it be better right?!
I bought WP Adminify to fully white-label my website. Without using their official templates, the parts I can customize are quite limited.
Here are the advantages:
1. It works well with official plugins to fully customize a white-labeled website.
2. Some icons and logos can be modified. The menu display and sorting are very useful, allowing regular users to see only the options they need. Combined with a permission management plugin, you can have full control.
3. After making changes, you just need to reload the page to see the results.
Here are some minor issues and drawbacks:
For me, the drawbacks currently outweigh the advantages, but I hope these will improve in the future. I will also share some suggestions later.
1. The Pro version of WP Adminify does not include the Pro versions of other plugins. To fully white-label the entire website, you’ll end up spending more (like I did, buying other plugins for white-labeling login pages, which are crucial). This might be because it’s a one-time payment during a sale instead of a subscription, but this wasn’t clearly explained anywhere. I looked for this information for a long time but couldn’t find it.
2. You need to use the official dashboard templates to completely replace the visual components. If you don't use, you can not change lots of visual items.
3. The official dashboard templates don’t allow much customization. If I need to touch the code (like CSS, HTML, or PHP), I’d rather build it myself than use this plugin. I hope the templates can offer more flexibility in the future, even starting with WP’s built-in styles, so users can freely customize.
4. Since WP Adminify’s built-in templates are somewhat rigid and lack flexibility, providing clear image size recommendations is very important. However, I didn’t see such guidelines during the process. For example:
- When uploading a logo, there’s no clear size suggestion, which can ruin the overall website layout.
- Similarly, when changing icons, there’s no size reminder or use of WP’s built-in resizing feature. As a result, changing icons can lead to a messy website layout.
Overall suggestions:
I hope the appearance templates can match the basic functionality of tools like Divi or Elementor, allowing more freedom to change colors or move items within blocks. For size-related issues solvable with CSS, it would be great to have preset options.
Like I said on the Title.
WP Adminify is good, but not good enough.
I hope it will be better and better.