WordPress 2.5 Administration Theme: Fluency
by David Peralty on March 12th, 2008 
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WordPress 2.5 isn’t even out yet, and already we have a theme to replace the default WordPress administration panel theme that has taken a fair bit of flack.
The theme, Fluency, replaces many of the graphics and navigational item placements in the WordPress admin. It strips the colours back to a black, gray, and white mix, moving the main navigation over to the left hand side.
Despite the huge overhaul that the WordPress admin interface has received its still not quite what I would really like. I had grown quite attached to the Tiger Admin theme by Steve Smith and when I found that it didn’t work with WP2.5 I was a little disappointed. But this gave me the opportunity to do something different, my own admin theme. Fluency is the result.
While this might make many people happy, I still believe that I will adjust to the upcoming WordPress administration panel, and am interested to see how long it will be before someone comes out with a “Retro” administration panel theme, reverting it back to looking closer to the WordPress 2.3 administration panel we have come to be familiar with.
As a fan of the clean, uncluttered look, Fluency appears perfect. The only questions I have are how the administration theme works (as opposed to just eye-candy.) The information seems well designed, though. The other question is how does Fluency differ from the native 2.5 WordPress administration screen?
Excellent stuff!
Yes ; designed for WordPress 2.5, offers a style similar to the “Tiger” Administration theme
Thanks for doing this! I’m trying to make some changes to the admin panel too and wasn’t really getting anywhere. I too have some issues with the new panel that I’d really like to be able to do something about! Your theme is a big step in the right direction.
Oops, disregard that didn’t realize this wasn’t “your” theme.
Thanks for the awesome theme.