There are tons of new themes coming out for WordPress every day, but none of them seems to utilize this feature. WordPress developers should add custom dashboard widget with support information. In this article we will show you how you can customize dashboard widgets in WordPress.
Simply open your functions.php file and add the following code:
add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'my_custom_dashboard_widgets');
function my_custom_dashboard_widgets() {
global $wp_meta_boxes;
wp_add_dashboard_widget('custom_help_widget', 'Theme Support', 'custom_dashboard_help');
}
function custom_dashboard_help() {
echo '<p>Welcome to Custom Blog Theme! Need help? Contact the developer <a href="mailto:yourusername@gmail.com">here</a>. For WordPress Tutorials visit: <a href="http://www.wpbeginner.com" target="_blank">WPBeginner</a></p>';
}
Remember to change the email and add other useful information.
This code can be very helpful when creating custom themes for clients.
Result:
Is it possible to do this using OOP?
e.g.:
inside a class:
wp_add_dashboard_widget('custom_help_widget', 'Help and Support', array($this, 'customDashboardHelp'));
function customDashboardHelp() {
echo '<p>Welcome to your custom CMS!';
}
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