Some ways you can take control of the dashboard

function modify_footer_admin () {

  echo ‘Themed and configured by plasterdog web design. ‘;

  echo ‘Powered by WordPress !‘;

}

add_filter(‘admin_footer_text’, ‘modify_footer_admin’);

Customized footer message

function remove_wp_dashboard_widgets(){

    remove_meta_box(‘dashboard_incoming_links’, ‘dashboard’, ‘normal’);  // Incoming Links

    remove_meta_box(‘dashboard_quick_press’, ‘dashboard’, ‘side’);  // Quick Press

    remove_meta_box(‘dashboard_recent_drafts’, ‘dashboard’, ‘side’);  // Recent Drafts

    remove_meta_box(‘dashboard_primary’, ‘dashboard’, ‘side’);   // WordPress blog (News)

}

add_action(‘wp_dashboard_setup’, ‘remove_wp_dashboard_widgets’);

Remove some of the default widgets from the dashboard

remove_action(‘welcome_panel’, ‘wp_welcome_panel’);

remove the welcome panel

function unregister_default_widgets() {

     unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Calendar’);

     unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Categories’);

     unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Meta’);

	 unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Archives’);

     unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Recent_Posts’);

	 unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Recent_Comments’);

     unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_RSS’);

     unregister_widget(‘WP_Widget_Tag_Cloud’);

 }

 add_action(‘widgets_init’, ‘unregister_default_widgets’, 11);

un-register some of the default widgets (cannot control widgets added by plugins)

add_action( ‘admin_bar_menu’, ‘wp_admin_bar_my_custom_account_menu’, 11 );

function wp_admin_bar_my_custom_account_menu( $wp_admin_bar ) {

$user_id = get_current_user_id();

$current_user = wp_get_current_user();

$profile_url = get_edit_profile_url( $user_id );

if ( 0 != $user_id ) {

/* Add the “My Account” menu */

$avatar = get_avatar( $user_id, 28 );

$howdy = sprintf( __(‘Start editing, %1$s’), $current_user->display_name );

$class = empty( $avatar ) ? ” : ‘with-avatar’;

$wp_admin_bar->add_menu( array(

‘id’ => ‘my-account’,

‘parent’ => ‘top-secondary’,

‘title’ => $howdy . $avatar,

‘href’ => $profile_url,

‘meta’ => array(

‘class’ => $class,

),

) );

}

}

customize the greeting in the upper right corner

add_action(‘wp_dashboard_setup’, ‘my_dashboard_widgets’);

function my_dashboard_widgets() {

     global $wp_meta_boxes;

     unset(

          $wp_meta_boxes[‘dashboard’][‘normal’][‘core’][‘dashboard_plugins’],

          $wp_meta_boxes[‘dashboard’][‘side’][‘core’][‘dashboard_secondary’],

          $wp_meta_boxes[‘dashboard’][‘side’][‘core’][‘dashboard_primary’]

     );

add_meta_box( ‘dashboard_custom_feed’, ‘Welcome to your customized site!’, ‘dashboard_custom_feed_output’, ‘dashboard’, ‘side’, ‘high’ );

}

function dashboard_custom_feed_output() {

     echo ‘

‘;

     echo ‘


Your site has been significantly customized and many functions exist only in your theme, so think twice before changing it!

Have a question? contact Jeff McNear by email: here. 

Old school? give me a call at: 847/849-7060

For a list of tutorials Follow this link

Here are some recent tutorials:

‘;

     wp_widget_rss_output(array(

          ‘url’ => ‘https://plasterdog.com/category/wordpress-tutorials/feed/’,

          ‘title’ => ‘MY_FEED_TITLE’,

          ‘items’ => 5,

          ‘show_summary’ => 0,

          ‘show_author’ => 0,

          ‘show_date’ => 0

     ));


     echo ‘

‘;

}

Creating a custom dashboard widget