With the much anticipated upcoming release of WordPress 2.5, a lot of people are nervous about the new WordPress admin dashboard that we’ve heard some bad reviews of. I personally have seen some demos and I’m not overly enthusiastic about the changes either. Luckily we’ve got a great WordPress community!
Once you’ve made your WordPress 2.5 upgrade, if you find you are unhappy with the new dashboard, you now have the option of using a WordPress plugin! DeanJRobinson has released a new WordPress plugin for WordPress 2.5 called Fluency Admin that will create an incredible dashboard for you to use. Here are some screenshots:
Fluency Admin Homepage
Fluency Admin Post Page
I’ve gone ahead and uploaded this plugin so it is an option once I’ve made my WordPress 2.5 upgrade (hopefully this week!). Let us know what you think in the comments below.
Kyle Eslick
Kyle Eslick is WordPress enthusiast who took his passion for WordPress to the next level back in 2007 by launching WPHacks.com as a place to share hacks and review WordPress-related products.
These are all reasons why I have my blog on Wordpress. I really like how versatile it is and ...
Hi Kyle,
I had the exact problem you stated, my author archive went to
/author/Jordan%20Godbey
and my nicename in the database was "Jordan ...
Liked the "SimpleWP Theme". Neat and clean. Over all good collection of themes. 
The new download link for the wordpress help sheet:
http://wpcandy.s3.amazonaws.com/resources/WordPress-Help-Sheet.pdf 
really nice theme.thanks a lot 
Open php.ini file and increase the size. 
Fluency looks great! And I like that it only changes the css.
I have installed this plugin, but I’ve got blank on my Dashboard. Other links work well. Overall, it’s nice new look.
(note: somebody can help me with this error/bug?)
I used WP 2.6, Can I use this plugin?