Handing a site over to a client? HideAway Admin hides every admin menu and submenu they don’t need, role by role, and makes sure the hidden screens stay closed: typing the address or using an old bookmark shows a clear “you don’t have access” message instead of the screen.

What it does

Hide menus and submenus by role. The list is your real dashboard menu, in its real order, including everything your theme and plugins add.
Hidden really means closed. Hidden screens can’t be opened by typing their address, and neither can the loose screens of a hidden plugin.
Live preview. See exactly how the menu will look for each role before you save, taking each role’s permissions into account.
Temporary unlock, just for you. Bring everything back into view for a while on your own account. Nobody else notices, and it hides itself again.
A tidy toolbar. Shortcuts to hidden screens disappear from the admin bar too.
A starter template. Hide the usual suspects (Tools, Settings, Plugins, Appearance, Users, Updates) in one click, and see what it will tick before applying it.
You choose where the plugin lives. In the Settings menu, in the toolbar, or both.
A dark theme, and ready for translation at translate.wordpress.org.

No tracking: nothing is sent unless you start the Pro trial, buy Pro or activate a license. See “External services” below.

HideAway Admin Pro

For agencies and freelancers who build client sites for a living:

Drag menus and submenus into the order you want.
Hide things from one specific person, not just a whole role.
Hide dashboard boxes and the Help and Screen Options tabs.
Send each role to its own screen when they log in.
More templates, and save your own.
Export your setup and import it on another site, reviewing what it brings before applying it.
An activity log that shows exactly what changed, and lets you undo it.
White label, and a lock so only your account can change the plugin.
WP-CLI commands and multisite support.
12 ready-made translations, with a language switcher just for this plugin.

Try Pro free for 14 days, no credit card required: start the trial from the plugin’s own screen, in Settings > HideAway Admin.

External services

HideAway Admin uses the Freemius SDK to offer the free trial and the Pro upgrade, and to manage Pro licenses and updates.

The free version doesn’t ask you to share any data and sends nothing to Freemius while you use it.
If you start the trial, buy Pro or activate a license, the plugin sends Freemius basic data such as your name and email, your site’s address, and your WordPress, PHP and plugin versions, so that licenses and updates can work.

Freemius: terms of service, privacy policy and data practices.