Wordpress plugins and themes to customize the user dashboard and permissions

Customizing the backend of WordPress with an admin theme is a simple way to give your install a new look. If you develop sites for clients, installing these free plugins and themes, you to not only re-brand the backend but in many cases simplify it so it’s easier for users to use it.

Blue Admin is a simple admin design theme that makes your WordPress administration section more clear and relaxed

https://wordpress.org/plugins/blue-admin/


Adminimize plugin help you to hide unnecessary items from WordPress admin area. Adminimize makes it easy to remove items from view based on a user’s role.

https://en.wordpress.org/plugins/adminimize/


Members is a plugin that extends your control over your blog. It's a user, role, and capability management plugin that was created to make WordPress a more powerful CMS.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/


With Client Dash, you will be able to completely customize the WordPress admin menu using the built in, drag and drop menu system. This will enable you to: Reorder all menu items, Rearrange menu items, Remove menu items,Customize menu items (label, link, icon, etc.) Add new menu items.

https://wordpress.org/plugins/client-dash/

Create Custom Post type. A post type of regular posts is post, pages use page, attachments use attachment and so on. You can now create your own to indicate the type of content created. You could create custom post types for books, movies, reviews, products. Custom Post Type Maker is the perfect plugin to create Custom Post Types and custom Taxonomies in a user friendly way, just like managing your regular posts and pages.

https://en.wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-maker/


Use Simplify Post Edit List to show only the author's posts in the edit list

http://www.awesomeprojects.xyz/2017/01/plugin-change-wordpress-posts-page-to.html