Title: Ryans Simple CMS Author: Ryan Hellyer Published: 🍃3️⃣ 15, 2008 Last modified: ❄️2️⃣ 20, 2018 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/ryans-simple-cms/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=1050328) # Ryans Simple CMS By [Ryan Hellyer](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryanhellyer/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ryans-simple-cms.2.0.2.zip) * [Details](https://emoji.wordpress.org/plugins/ryans-simple-cms/#description) * [Reviews](https://emoji.wordpress.org/plugins/ryans-simple-cms/#reviews) * [Installation](https://emoji.wordpress.org/plugins/ryans-simple-cms/#installation) * [Development](https://emoji.wordpress.org/plugins/ryans-simple-cms/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ryans-simple-cms/) ## Description The [Simple CMS plugin](https://geek.hellyer.kiwi/products/simplecms/) converts your WordPress admin panel into a simple CMS. This is aimed at web designers who want to provide a simple adminstration panel for their clients to update basic static websites. All extraneous admin areas which are unnecessary for a bare bones, basic CMS are removed from the administration menus. Visit the [Simple CMS page](https://geek.hellyer.kiwi/products/simplecms/) for more information. To help with theming, we have created a theme called [Simple CMS theme](https://geek.hellyer.kiwi/simple-cms-theme-update/) which is designed to simplify the design process for web designers by only implementing the features needed for a basic static site. The theme is not designed to look pretty, but is a practical, simple theme to build your own designs from … **[Simple CMS Theme](https://geek.hellyer.kiwi/simple-cms-theme-update/)** ### History Version 2.0.2: Updated supported to notice Version 2.0.1: Documented support for newer versions of WordPress and updated domain Version 2.0: Removed block prevent excerpts from appear for static pages Version 1.9: Added support for setting a constant of ‘SIMPLECMS_EVERYBODY’ in wp-config.php to simplify the administration panel for admins and super admins too Version 1.7.1: Major rewrite. Moved to OOP approach. Added support for removing admin bar menu items. Added support for removing extraneous meta boxes. Version 1.7.1: Version compatibility change and minor documentation updates. Version 1.7: Major bug fix. Prevented running script for admins. Version 1.6: Major bug fix. Add add_action() call to make plugin actually work. Also added HTML comments in header. Version 1.5: Total rewrite. Uses PHP to remove administration menus instead of hiding via CSS. Version 1.4.1: Beta: Beta release; uploaded to WP plugins repository Version 1.4 Alpha: Total rewrite for WP 2.7 Version 1.3.3: Folder name bug fixed Version 1.3.2: Page order bug fixed Version 1.3.1: Media uploader bug fixed Version 1.3: Fixed WordPress.org related bug and changed branding Version 1.2.4: Fixed HTML bug Version 1.2.3: Updated for WP 2.5 RC2 and removed menu options which can’t be accessed by editors Version 1.2.2: Gallery/Media link bug fixed Version 1.2.1: Improved documentation ready for WordPress plugins repository Version 1.2 Beta: Added options panel for modifying menu Version 1.1 Beta: Set so that Administrators keep regular WordPress panel, Editors and below have new panel Version 1.0 Beta: Initial release Version 0.9 Alpha: Barely functioning plugin #### Credits Thanks to the following for help with the development of this plugin: * [Natasha Munro](http://fgw.org.nz/)– number one alpha tester * Dennis – Bug report * Tantric – Bug report
## Installation After you’ve downloaded and extracted the files: 1. Upload the complete ‘ryans-simplecms’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory OR install via the plugin installer 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. That’s it, all non-“WordPress Administrators” will now see an admin panel which contains only the necessities for a basic CMS for a static website 4. Login as a “WordPress Editor” or lower to see the new admin panel Visit the [Simple CMS page](https://geek.hellyer.kiwi/products/simplecms/) for more information. Note: This plugin intentionally does not affect the admin panel if you are a “WordPress Administrator”. This ensures that you as the owner/designer of the site have full control over the admin panel, yet anyone at a lower userlevel (ie: “WordPress Editor”) will see a massively simplified panel. You can alter user levels via the “Users” option in the regular WordPress admin panel. ## FAQ Installation Instructions After you’ve downloaded and extracted the files: 1. Upload the complete ‘ryans-simplecms’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory OR install via the plugin installer 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. That’s it, all non-“WordPress Administrators” will now see an admin panel which contains only the necessities for a basic CMS for a static website 4. Login as a “WordPress Editor” or lower to see the new admin panel Visit the [Simple CMS page](https://geek.hellyer.kiwi/products/simplecms/) for more information. Note: This plugin intentionally does not affect the admin panel if you are a “WordPress Administrator”. This ensures that you as the owner/designer of the site have full control over the admin panel, yet anyone at a lower userlevel (ie: “WordPress Editor”) will see a massively simplified panel. You can alter user levels via the “Users” option in the regular WordPress admin panel. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Ryans Simple CMS” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Ryan Hellyer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryanhellyer/) [Translate “Ryans Simple CMS” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ryans-simple-cms) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ryans-simple-cms/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ryans-simple-cms/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ryans-simple-cms/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ryans-simple-cms/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **2.0.2** * Last updated **8 years ago** * Active installations **40+** * WordPress version ** 4.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.1.22** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ryans-simple-cms/) * Tags * [admin](https://emoji.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[cms](https://emoji.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cms/) [simple](https://emoji.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/simple/)[static](https://emoji.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/static/) [theme](https://emoji.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/theme/) * [Advanced View](https://emoji.wordpress.org/plugins/ryans-simple-cms/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ryans-simple-cms/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ryans-simple-cms/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ryans-simple-cms/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ryans-simple-cms/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ryans-simple-cms/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ryans-simple-cms/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ryans-simple-cms/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Ryan Hellyer ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryanhellyer/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ryans-simple-cms/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://geek.hellyer.kiwi/donate/)