Title: Customize Admin Layout for Users
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Customize Admin Layout for Users

 *  [daear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daear/)
 * (@daear)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-admin-layout-for-users/)
 * I’m running a very simple WordPress site where I have a few users who can post.
   I want to customize the admin layout for those users to include dashboard text
   explaining how to post and eliminate many of the header links. No plugins I have
   found let me do this (not even xDashboard). Anyone have a relatively simple workaround
   for a novice/intermediate user?
 * Thanks in advance!

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-admin-layout-for-users/#post-349577)
 * If you upgrade to WP 2.x there are a lot of possibilities to define user “roles”–
   and the dashboard does not display menus/submenus for things that are not available
   for lower level users.
 * Otherwise I guess you’ll have to edit several files in the wp-admin folder.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/customize-admin-layout-for-users/#post-349577)
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