Title: Dashy
Author: Kyle Theisen
Published: <strong>April 1, 2015</strong>
Last modified: April 1, 2015

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Search plugins

![](https://ps.w.org/dashy/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=1124994)

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/dashy/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1125011)

# Dashy

 By [Kyle Theisen](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ktheisen/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/dashy.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/dashy/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/dashy/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/dashy/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/dashy/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dashy/)

## Description

Dashy gives you a search field to get to admin pages quicker. More keyboard shortcuts
right inside of WordPress. Get to pages, post, plugins, custom post types, faster.
You can even search and get a to single post with the keyboard. To activate, use
Control+Space.

To get to a specific page, type “list” and choose “List Pages”. From there you will
be showing all of your pages that you can edit. Start searching the page name, and
hit enter to go directly to editing that page. This supports posts, pages, and custom
post types.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * View of Dashy when activated.
 * [[
 * Search for menu items to get to them quickly.
 * [[
 * Go directly to pages, posts, and CPTs from the “List ___” option.

## Installation

 1. Upload ‘dashy’ to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Press Control+Shift+D to activate.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Dashy” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Kyle Theisen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ktheisen/)

[Translate “Dashy” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/dashy)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dashy/), check out 
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/dashy/), or subscribe to 
the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dashy/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dashy/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.1.42**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dashy/)
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[keyboard](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/keyboard/)
   [quick](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/quick/)[shortcut](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/shortcut/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/dashy/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  1 5-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dashy/reviews/?filter=5)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Kyle Theisen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ktheisen/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dashy/)