Here is a Working WordPress Custom Dashboard Widget Sample Fully Compliant With Official WordPress Documentation For Doing Anything You Need. This WordPress Custom Dashboard Widget Sample is Created From Official Documentation, So the New Kind of Developers Will Not Face Huge Issues. Obviously, it is a Free Software.
WordPress Custom Dashboard Widget Sample
We have other easy plugin templates for you, check them if those are your need. We have this WordPress Plugin on GitHub, this is the link.
WordPress Custom Dashboard Widget Sample is Created Following Official Documentation. It is a Blank Draggable Widget. Download latest tagged release on your computer; unzip/uncompress it on desktop. There will be folder named example_dashboard_widget. That is the widget. Upload it to wp-content/plugins directory via FTP and activate it.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | +-example_dashboard_widget < This folder/directory is Plugin | +--.gitignore | +--LICENSE | +--README.md |
Do not upload the whole stuff on WordPress directly, the .gitignore file can disturb. We deliberately made one extra directory/folder. WordPress Custom Dashboard Widget Sample is a zip / tar ball download, inside it that example_dashboard_widget directory is the plugin. As you’ll develop on localhost, probably you’ll edit it. Here is a screenshot :
Here is the screenshot in full size
WordPress Custom Dashboard Widget : Inside the Box
Actually it is the usable form of the official document :
1 | https://codex.wordpress.org/Example_Dashboard_Widget |
This Dashboard Widget has 3 files :
- One class
- Two “template” files
The core class file is named example_dashboard_widget.php. One template file called widget.php is automatically required by the above the core class file and that is the main file to show stuffs.
Another file is used as a template to keep all the HTML code separate. The files are hugely commented to help you to develop. You are viewing the screenshot for this widget.php file :
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | <?php /** * This file could be used to catch submitted form data. When using a non-configuration * view to save form data, remember to use some kind of identifying field in your form. */ ?> <p>This is an example dashboard widget!</p> <p>This is the front-facing part of the widget, and can be found and edited from <tt><?php echo __FILE__ ?></tt></p> <p>Widgets can be configured as well. Currently, this is set to <b><?php echo self::get_dashboard_widget_option(self::wid, 'example_number'); ?></b> ! To change the number, hover over the widget title and click on the "Configure" link.</p> |
That configuration file is actually different page :
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | <?php /** * This file could be used to catch submitted form data. When using a non-configuration * view to save form data, remember to use some kind of identifying field in your form. */ $number = ( isset( $_POST['number'] ) ) ? stripslashes( $_POST['number'] ) : ''; self::update_dashboard_widget_options( self::wid, //The widget id array( //Associative array of options & default values 'example_number' => $number, ) ); ?> <p>This is an example dashboard widget!</p> <p>This is the configuration part of the widget, and can be found and edited from <tt><?php echo __FILE__ ?></tt></p> <input type="text" name="number" /> |
The ENGINE (lack of better easy terminology) is the example_dashboard_widget.php file. Search with Dashboard Widgets API on WordPress documentation to learn more. Suppose we want a graph on that dashboard, then we will edit that widget.php file only unless we are changing the names :
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 | <?php /** * This file could be used to catch submitted form data. When using a non-configuration * view to save form data, remember to use some kind of identifying field in your form. */ ?> // Edit from here <p>This is an example dashboard widget!</p> <p>This is the front-facing part of the widget, and can be found and edited from <tt><?php echo __FILE__ ?></tt></p> <p>Widgets can be configured as well. Currently, this is set to <b><?php echo self::get_dashboard_widget_option(self::wid, 'example_number'); ?></b> ! To change the number, hover over the widget title and click on the "Configure" link.</p> // Edit up to last |
Very easy, you can play like a kid. Add HTML, CSS to style it. Adding an iframe is the easiest way to display data as you are not developing for mass usage.
