Ok, this *sort of* answers it: http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/1741 Just not completely. What do I need to set it off in a plugin? Kaf Oseo wrote: > Is it just me or does the is_admin conditional not work? I've been > testing a plugin on both Apache and IIS, WP 1.5.2 and 2.0 beta, and > a simple > > if(!is_admin()) > > is always true, even on admin pages.