Title: Remove Tools Menu
Author: Chuck Reynolds
Published: <strong>May 31, 2011</strong>
Last modified: March 10, 2026

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# Remove Tools Menu

 By [Chuck Reynolds](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryno267/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/remove-tools-menu.2.5.0.zip)

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## Description

This plugin does exactly what the title says, when activated it will remove the 
Tools menu from your WordPress Admin navigation menu. If you need import, export
or if any of your plugins add sub-items into it, simply deactivate the plugin, do
your thing, then re-enable the Remove Tools Menu plugin to remove Tools menu item
again and keep it out of your way. NOTE: there are certain plugins that add things
to the Tools menu… those obviously won’t show up either but the plugin still does
what it was built to do. Have fun.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `remove-tools-menu` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the Remove Tools Menu plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

### Why did you create this as a plugin?

Why not? In all the WP sites I’ve ever had I think I’ve only used the Import/Export
thing like four times ever. For everyday normal use I got tired of it getting in
my way. I created this plugin (in may 2011) to share as others may want to hide 
it until needed.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Remove Tools Menu” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Chuck Reynolds ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryno267/)

[Translate “Remove Tools Menu” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/remove-tools-menu)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 2.5.0

Release Date – 2026-03-09

 * Tested to WP 6.9.1
 * Updated minimum requirements: WordPress 5.2+, PHP 7.4+
 * Modernized plugin headers to current WordPress standards
 * Added is_admin() early return for clarity and correctness
 * Renamed function to chuck_remove_tools_menu for clarity

#### 2.4.0

Release Date – 2025-06-26

 * Tested to WP 6.8.1

#### 2.3.1

Release Date – 2017-11-24

 * Tested to WP 4.9

#### 2.3

Release Date – 2017-03-29

 * tested up to WP 4.8
 * Security so it’s not accessed directly w/o wp loading

#### 2.2

 * Tested to WP 4.2

#### 2.0

 * Changed filter when plugin runs – was causing issues with media library display
   from post insert
 * Also took out legacy crap and made this plugin require WP version 3.1+

#### 1.2

 * Updated to admin_init action hook. Works either way but the new correct way is
   init.
 * Little code cleanup and readme update
 * No new features, does the same thing 🙂

#### 1.1

 * Now checks if remove_menu_page function exists and uses that if it does and will
   default to older method if not.

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.5.0**
 *  Last updated **4 weeks ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-tools-menu/)
 * Tag
 * [admin menu](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin-menu/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-tools-menu/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Chuck Reynolds ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ryno267/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

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## Donate

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