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Architecture

How the Aurora shell works without replacing WordPress.

Aurora Admin is a plugin, not a theme or a core replacement. It reframes individual wp-admin screens in place — the same data, the same capabilities, the same URLs — rather than rebuilding WordPress underneath them.

1

Vue application shell

A Vue app supplies the fixed sidebar, toolbar, and global search, and frames each screen it replaces.

2

Native screens remain

Disabling the plugin — or toggling a screen off in Content Tables — returns that screen to native WordPress exactly as it was.

3

Filter-driven failsafe

The shell checks the aurora_admin_shell_enabled filter (default true) before rendering; returning false hands the page back to native wp-admin chrome.

WordPress 5.5+ and PHP 7.4+, tested up to WordPress 7.0.