{"id":4699,"date":"2017-02-07T15:38:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T13:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=4699"},"modified":"2020-03-27T15:52:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T15:52:00","slug":"customize-wordpress-back-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/customize-wordpress-back-end\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Customize WordPress Back End (And Why You’d Want to)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As most of you may know, themes are an inherent part of WordPress. They enable you to customize your website’s front end easily, and there’s\u00a0a theme for almost every style<\/a> of design. However,\u00a0what if you want to customize WordPress back end?<\/p>\n

As it happens, there are<\/em> themes for the WordPress back end as well, albeit not as well known as their front end siblings. Also (and somewhat confusingly),\u00a0they come in the form\u00a0of plugins \u2013 we’ll explain how this works later.<\/p>\n

In this article, we’ll discuss why you’d want to customize WordPress back end, present several plugins you can use to do so, then finally how to go about it. Let’s\u00a0get started!<\/p>\n

Why you would want to customize WordPress back end<\/h2>\n

The benefits of customizing the front end of your website are self-evident, but not so much when it comes to your back end. Because it’s not a front and center element of your site, it’s often neglected. However, customizing your back end brings a whole host of benefits, including:<\/p>\n