Title: Cloning [wp-admin] folder to create a custom admin interface
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Cloning [wp-admin] folder to create a custom admin interface

 *  [mathieul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mathieul/)
 * (@mathieul)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloning-wp-admin-folder-to-create-a-custom-admin-interface/)
 * I have to create an another custom admin interface for a group of users (with
   their own fields in post form, their own elements in the admin menu, etc…). By
   the way, I keep the original admin interface for the group of administrators.
 * screens:
    [[wp-admin]/edit.php](http://subtest.babelnation.org/wp-admin1.jpg)
   [[wp-adminCQPS]/edit.php](http://subtest.babelnation.org/wp-admin2.jpg)
 * First of all, I cloned the [wp-admin] folder and renamed it [wp-adminCQPS], replaced
   all “/wp-admin/” by “/wp-adminCQPS” in all files (in [wp-adminCQPS] folder) and
   replaced the admin.css by an another one.
 * The navigation in [wp-adminCQPS] works fine. I can insert posts, pages and change
   options. But, some functions didnt work. **On the two previous screens, the original[
   wp-admin] can display all posts stored in the database and the other one [wp-
   adminCQPS] can’t**. I tried to display some “template tags” in [wp-adminCQPS]
   and didnt work. So, “template tags” work only in [wp-admin] and [wp-content].**
   Can I force “template tags” working other than those two folders: [wp-admin] 
   and [wp-content]? And how?**

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 *  [ELAN42///](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nokao/)
 * (@nokao)
 * [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloning-wp-admin-folder-to-create-a-custom-admin-interface/#post-589200)
 * Damn… I have to do the same thing and I posted it here:
    [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/150259?replies=1#post-670953](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/150259?replies=1#post-670953)
 * I absolutely need to “fork” the wp-admin folder to give to the final users of
   my websites A FEW customized options.
 * Can someone provide a solution?

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## Tags

 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/admin/)
 * [cloning](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cloning/)
 * [custom](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/custom/)
 * [folder](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/folder/)
 * [wp-admin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-admin/)

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 * Last reply from: [ELAN42///](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nokao/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cloning-wp-admin-folder-to-create-a-custom-admin-interface/#post-589200)
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