WordPress 2.5 has the ability to customize your administration dashboard with the help of widgets.
After poking around WordPress 2.5 codes, I have come out with this Dashboard Widget Sample Plugin. BUT do note that this plugin does not include Dashboard Widget Controls. If I have the time, I will add that in or perhaps I will create another plugin called “Dashboard Widget (With Controls) Sample Plugin”.
To get a clearer picture of what this sample plugin does, here is a screenshot of the Dashboard Widget (Without Controls) Sample in action.
Here comes the code:
'Full URL For "See All" link', // Example: 'index.php?page=wp-useronline/wp-useronline.php'
'feed_link' => 'Full URL For "RSS" link', // Example: 'index.php?page=wp-useronline/wp-useronline-rss.php'
'width' => 'half', // OR 'fourth', 'third', 'half', 'full' (Default: 'half')
'height' => 'single', // OR 'single', 'double' (Default: 'single')
)
);
}
### Function: Add Dashboard Widget
add_filter('wp_dashboard_widgets', 'PLUGINNAME_add_dashboard_widget');
function PLUGINNAME_add_dashboard_widget($widgets) {
global $wp_registered_widgets;
if (!isset($wp_registered_widgets['dashboard_PLUGINNAME'])) {
return $widgets;
}
array_splice($widgets, sizeof($widgets)-1, 0, 'dashboard_PLUGINNAME');
return $widgets;
}
### Function: Print Dashboard Widget
function dashboard_PLUGINNAME($sidebar_args) {
global $wpdb;
extract($sidebar_args, EXTR_SKIP);
echo $before_widget;
echo $before_title;
echo $widget_name;
echo $after_title;
echo 'YOUR CONTENT GOES IN HERE';
echo $after_widget;
}
?>
Hope this helps some of you guys. =)
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