Missing Link connects the dots between ExpressionEngine's control panel and the frontend of your site by providing an Admin menu to any logged in users with control panel access.
Features
- Ease of use. With Missing Link, managing content becomes completely intuitive. Just navigate to an entry-specific page on the site, click the Admin button and select from any of the relevant content management controls. Once you’ve made the necessary changes you can simply close the Missing Link window and return to the original page to see your changes in-situ.
- Simple setup. Unlike standalone entry forms, you can have Missing Link up and running in a matter of minutes.
- Multi-entry support. Pages will often feature content from several different entries. Some entries may not have a dedicated page of their own. Missing Link lets you create inline Admin buttons which trigger entry-specific menus. You can even setup inline buttons that open an entry for editing in a single click.
- Power. Missing Link is much more than a content editing tool. It provides direct access to all of the key areas of the control panel, from every single page on your site. Items available include:
Entry Controls
- Entry view count
- Edit This Entry
- Manage This Entry’s Comments
- Delete This Entry
Content Management Controls
- Publish an Entry (dropdown)
- Edit Entries
- Low Variables (if installed)
- Structure (if installed)
Site Management Controls
- Control Panel
- Categories
- Channels
- Clear Cached Data
- Custom Fields
- Edit This Template
- Members
- Output & Debugging
- System Preferences
- Templates
- Logout
- New Noticeable notifications. Missing Link will automatically detect when an action (e.g. editing an entry) has completed and display a dialog message that includes a link to reload the page and view your changes. If you wish you can even set Missing Link to reload the page automatically, as soon as an action is completed.

- Automatic permissions. Missing Link will automatically hide links that the active user does not have permission to access. For example, a content contributer might only be shown the Publish and Edit controls, whilst a superadmin will be shown everything from content management links to site administration links.
- Configurability. If you want to keep things really simple then individual links can be disabled entirely via the Missing Link settings page.
- New Full multi-site manager support. Missing Link settings can be configured on a per-site basis and support for site-specific EE control panels is built-in.
- Switchboard integration. Missing Link will automatically detect whether you have Switchboard installed. If you do, a search form will be added to your Missing Link menus, enabling you to search your entire control panel directly from any page on your site.
- Consistency. Missing Link automatically detects the control panel theme that the user has set and styles its menu accordingly. For example, here’s how the menu looks for users on the Fruit CP theme. In addition, Missing Link’s standard ‘Admin’ button can easily be replaced with something that closer matches your site’s style and inline buttons can be styled however you choose.
- Keyboard friendly. Missing Link doesn’t just make managing content simpler, it makes it faster, as you’re only ever a couple of clicks from editing the content you’re viewing. More savvy users can toggle the Missing Link menu by hitting ctrl-g and can start editing the page they’re viewing immediately by hitting ctrl-e.
License
Each license purchase entitles you to install Missing Link on one production site and any number of private, in-development sites.