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title: WordPress UI Idea: Menu Item Sorting and Renaming
date: 2008-10-03T13:45:05+00:00
modified: 2008-10-03T13:45:05+00:00
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# WordPress UI Idea: Menu Item Sorting and Renaming

Don’t like the proposed WordPress 2.7 menu structure? Why not make it [sortable and with ability to rename top-level menu items](https://kaspars.net/examples/wordpress-dashboard/05/) so that those who still prefer *Manage* and *Write* instead of *Posts* and *Pages* can have it.

[![WordPress Dashboard menu sorting and renaming](/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/wordpress-ui-menu-drag-and-drop-480x395.png "WordPress Dashboard menu sorting and renaming")](https://kaspars.net/examples/wordpress-dashboard/05/)WordPress Dashboard menu sorting and renaming



Here is how it works:

- Select *Customize Menu* button at the bottom of menu to enable editing and sorting.
- Click on top-level menu item to edit the label.
- Click on top-level menu *outside* the label text (on the arrow, for example) to collapse/expand menu while still in *edit* mode.
- Use drag-and-drop to sort menu items (including the top-level ones).

What do you think?