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Old Style Admin UI

by Darken-x · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.0.3 Tested up to WP 5.3.23

Old Style Admin UI has 100+ active installs on WordPress.org and 3,533 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on January 16, 2020, tested up to WordPress 5.3.23.

Old Style Admin UI at a glance

Active installs
100+
Total downloads
3,533
Downloads, last 30 days
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available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
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tracking since September 4, 2026

Is Old Style Admin UI well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Behind
tested up to WordPress 5.3.23, not yet with the current 7.1

Old Style Admin UI reviews and ratings

9 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
5.0 out of 5

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  • Thanks! This is God-send

    Thank you! New defaults hurt my eyes. You saved me!

    disho75

  • Thanks

    Thanks for plugin.

    Sonjoe

  • Thank god

    The new UI is awful, can't show that to a client, it looks broken. This plugin fixes the ugly. Few minor issues with specific plugins (eg, woocommerce's notice pink buttons) but it can't cater to every other plugin on wp.org, and a million times better than without

    fatcb

  • Thank you!

    I absolutely can't stand the new 5.3 design... thank you SO much for giving me back the normal styling! :)

    SlicedInvoices

  • Great little plugin

    Thank you very much to the creator of this plugin. It restores the admin area to a design which I much prefer.

    crawford4

  • Exactly was I needed!

    This plugin does exactly what is says and is precisely what I needed. It also comes in perfect timing when I was just about to lose all hope and thinking of installing far more complex plugins in order to achieve this, though they would have cluttered my website with useless functions. Thanks again! PS: This plugin is so lightweight it produces absolutely no difference in time or speed whatsoever when active, tested this with a before and after tool and it makes no difference in loading time or queries or anything else. The whole css has only the essentials packed in just 7kb and is minified, nice :))

    moonblood

Details

If you didn't like the new Wordpress 5.3 accessibility blue style for the buttons and other parts of the admin UI, this plugin is for you.

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • admin
  • interface
  • old school
  • ui
  • ux

More from Darken-x

Version
1.0.3
Last updated
Jan 16, 2020
First published
Nov 17, 2019
Requires WordPress
4.2.3
Tested up to
5.3.23
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

Old Style Admin UI FAQ

How many active installs does Old Style Admin UI have?

WordPress.org reports 100+ active installs for Old Style Admin UI as of September 7, 2026.

Is Old Style Admin UI still maintained?

The last release was on January 16, 2020, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.

Is Old Style Admin UI free?

Old Style Admin UI is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.