Admin | Dprime Solutions

Installation

Download the plugin zip from your account at my.dprime.au or from the plugin page.
In your WordPress admin go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
Choose the zip file and click Install Now.
Activate the plugin.
Go to Dprime > Admin in the sidebar to open the settings page. If Dprime Core is not installed, look for Admin as a standalone menu item.

Note: Dprime Admin does not require Dprime Core. If Core is installed, Admin nests under the Dprime parent menu automatically.

Settings

All settings are on the Settings tab. Changes take effect immediately after you click Save settings.

Setting	What it does
Theme toggle	Turns the visual style on or off. When off, WordPress admin looks exactly as it would without the plugin installed. Your colour settings are saved.
Appearance preset	Sets all colour fields to a preset combination. Options: Dprime (navy), Slate (dark grey), Graphite (near-black), Light (white sidebar).
Admin bar background	Background colour of the WordPress toolbar at the top of every admin screen.
Admin bar text	Text and icon colour inside the admin bar.
Sidebar background	Background colour of the left navigation sidebar.
Sidebar text	Link and icon colour in the sidebar.
Accent colour	Used for buttons, focused inputs, active sidebar items, and selected states.
Footer text	Replaces the default WordPress footer line. Leave blank to show nothing.
Footer link URL	Makes the footer text a clickable link. Leave blank for plain text.

Appearance presets

Presets fill in all colour fields at once. Click a preset and the colour pickers update immediately. You can still adjust any individual colour afterwards.

Dprime Navy sidebar, blue accents

Slate Dark cool-grey sidebar

Graphite Near-black sidebar

Light White sidebar, navy accents

Menu visibility

The menu visibility table lists every top-level admin menu item and every user role. Tick a cell to hide that menu from that role.

Administrators always see all menus regardless of settings.
Dprime menu items cannot be hidden. This protects access to plugin settings.
Changes take effect immediately after saving.
If a user is logged in when you save, they will see the changes on their next admin page load.

Footer branding

The footer text and link replace the default "Thank you for creating with WordPress" line at the bottom of every admin screen.

Enter plain text in Footer text to show it without a link.
Add a URL in Footer link to make the text clickable.
Leave both fields blank to remove the footer line entirely.

Frequently asked questions

Will my colour settings be lost during an update?

No. The option key has not changed since version 1.7.4. Settings carry forward across all updates.

Can I also hide the admin bar on the front end?

Yes. Install Dprime Admin Bar alongside this plugin for front-end toolbar control by role.

How do I customise the login screen?

The login screen is handled by a separate plugin: Dprime Login Customiser. This plugin only affects wp-admin.

How do I reset to the defaults?

Click the Dprime preset and save to return to the default navy colour scheme. To see a plain WordPress admin, turn off the theme toggle and save.

Does this affect site performance?

No. The generated CSS is cached in the database and served without regeneration on every admin page load. The cache rebuilds only when you save settings or the plugin updates.

Override classes

Every element on the plugin settings page has a named CSS class you can target in a custom stylesheet. These classes are stable across versions unless a breaking change is documented in the changelog.

/* Plugin settings page */
.dpa-page           /* Outer page wrapper */
.dpa-tabs           /* Tab navigation bar */
.dpa-tab            /* Individual tab link */
.dpa-tab.active     /* Active tab state */
.dpa-section        /* Settings card */
.dpa-section-head   /* Section heading area */
.dpa-preset-grid    /* Preset button grid */
.dpa-preset-btn     /* Individual preset button */
.dpa-colour-row     /* Single colour picker row */
.dpa-colour-label   /* Colour field label */
.dpa-colour-input   /* Colour picker input */
.dpa-menu-table     /* Menu visibility table */
.dpa-save-btn       /* Save settings button */
.dpa-version-tag    /* Version number pill */
.dp-a-help          /* Help tab outer wrapper */
.dp-a-help-section  /* Individual help card */

Dprime Admin v1.8.0