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Remove Max Width

Download Link / WordPress.org http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/remove-max-width/

With  WordPress 2.5, A new Admin interface has come around. And while it looks great, A few design choices have been made which i dont agree with. The main one is  setting the max-widdth on the pages to limit the horizontal span of the pages(Particually the edit pages).

The admin, Notice the whitespace on the right of the page?

Gap on the right of the WordPress Admin

I dont like the whitespace on the righthand side, and as a result, i’ve decided to write a short plugin to over-ride the width CSS, so that afterwards, The admin looks like this:

It is very much a personal choice if you like to have a wide window, or a smaller one, So my advice is that if you find the whitespace anoying, Give this a  go, If its too wide, just disable the plugin and go on your merry way :)

Update 2/March/08: updated to 1.1, fixed the IE statement — I’m not even sure if its required..

By DD32 8:21 pm

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  1. PSP Accesories says

    Thank you,I really need this WordPress Plugin

    27 July, 2008, 2:54 am Reply
  2. Matt says

    Great plugin!. I have a large widescreen monitor, and the narrow default is just stupid.

    Cheers for the simple plugin!

    10 September, 2008, 7:38 am Reply
  3. Sean "costa caleta" Redfearn says

    Great plugin,I am ready to install and play it.

    2 November, 2008, 11:07 pm Reply
  4. webhosting-dir says

    great job, and did not even know it was a problem till tried the plug in on one of my blogs and there it is. A much better and more productive screen. thanks

    8 November, 2008, 11:13 am Reply
  5. Paul Ptz Thapa says

    Very nice and helpfull plugin now my screen is fully.
    Thanks.

    3 November, 2009, 3:59 am Reply
  6. blackberry says

    Thank you very much
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    7 February, 2010, 8:08 pm Reply

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