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Changing Admin Menu Labels
I have spent the last day using the functions.php file to fully customize WordPress for my client sites. I am amazed at how much I have been able to accomplish and how much easier it will make things ...
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how to filter post listing (in WP dashboard posts listing) using a custom field (search functionnality)?
despite the fact I googled a lot, I've not found the answer to a very simple question :
I have some posts with a custom field (ie supplier_name). I would like to be able to search and filter my posts ...
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WordPress dashboard, viewing CPT results in 504
I created a custom post type with a custom taxonomy. I have about 1500 posts all of which are assigned to some sort of taxonomy term...some being assigned to 200+ terms.
I noticed that from the ...
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How to remove these fields from the 'Profile' section?
I have to remove some profile fields from the 'Profile' page according to the user roles. For removing the color picker I used remove_action("admin_color_scheme_picker", "admin_color_scheme_picker"). ...
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alphabetically order role drop-down selection in dashboard
The site I'm working on will have a very large number of unique user roles via a members plugin. Because of that, I'd like to have the Role drop-down selection on the Add New User page to display ...
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Adding Custom Post Type Counts to the Dashboard
The dashboard conveniently tells me how many posts, pages, and comments I have. I would like it to tell me how many articles, videos and cartoons I have too (three custom post types registered with my ...
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Add “external” link to admin menu in the backend
Trying to add a link to my admin menu (dashboard/backend) that leads to the frontend of wordpress, so I basically want a link in the menu that takes me to the blog.
I've found a couple of ways to ...
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Hide php Notices in Dashboard
When I program a theme, I put WP-DEBUG on. Which ensure a proper PHP code.
Sadly most Plugin developers keeps using non existing vars :
echo $args['title'];
Notice: Undefined index: title in ...
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Add screen options to Plugin pages
I want to add screen options to my Plugin page, like the ones that are available in the Dashboard.
I tried using the add_option method of the WP_Screen object and found that it supports only two ...
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Determining WordPress' Version from the Host's Command Line?
Given that I can't access the dashboard/admin pages on my blog (that's a future question), and that I have shell access to my hosting server, can I find out the current version of WordPress from the ...
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show number of open comments on custom dashboard
On my custom dashboard, I want to show the number of total new comments (somehow like "right now"). Just like "You have ... open comments to take care of". So all I want is the total number not a list ...
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3.3: How do you hide the new dashboard welcome panel?
I have tried various versions of this here:
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['high']['dashboard_wp_welcome_panel']);
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Local wordpress setup with SPAM in the incoming links dashboard section?
I am developing a website on my localhost and i just notice a bunch of incoming links in the dashboard's incoming links section, which doesn't look valid.
When i visit the urls i don't see a reffer ...
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How can I change the dashboard appearance?
Anyone can recognize the current Wordpress backend, but I don't want that. I want to change it using my own design and I want to have a seamless navigating experience for my users. How can I change ...
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Delete Custom Dashboard Widgets
Here is the code on how to delete all dashboard widgets - the default, and plugin widgets but I want to change the code to only delete custom dashboard widgets not the default ones.
// Create the ...
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How can we customize the logo and some text on the welcome screen?
I have found discussions and solutions on hiding or removing the lately introduced Welcome screen.
But we DO find the screen, as a whole, very useful and an excellent addition. So, what we are ...
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Possible to hide Custom Post Type UI/Menu from specific User Roles?
What I'm looking to do is completely hide the UI for a custom post type from specific user roles...Ive previously found many resources on how to disable access to using those CPTs but nothing that ...
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Can I set a default dashboard layout for all users?
I'm creating a multi-author blog, and have recently added the "Dashboard Notepads" plugin. This allows me to add 1 to 3 dashboard widgets which I can write custom notes in, like news or notices. Is ...
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Localhost load-scripts.php Error 500 in Dashboard [closed]
I cloned a remote site on my local MAMP. I fixed pretty much all isues like permission issues and timthumb cache issue used by my Woothemes Fresh News theme. The only issue now is that the backend is ...
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Dashboard says “no posts found” even though there are some posts
I have a weird bug on the dashboard: the dashboard says there are a total of 3 posts, but the list is empty and says "No posts found" (see image below)
It's a fresh install on a shared Windows ...
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How to develop a community feature in the dashboard for multiauthor site
I run a Wordpress site that has more than 300 authors. Is it possible to create some type of community in the backend (dashboard)? Ideally, a space where the authors can discuss with each other in a ...
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Embed iframe or html page into dashboard widget
I was wondering if it would be possible to embed an html page or add an iframe into a dashboard widget.
I have a multi author blog and i want to make my admin section a simple as possible for some of ...
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Dashboard like meta boxes in my plugin - how to save their position and open/closed state?
I am trying to mimic the dashboard meta boxes UI in my WP plugin - the small metaboxes. I have already styled them and also the drag & drop feature works as I loaded the following script and ...
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Change default admin page for specific role(s)
I was wondering if anyone knew of a plugin or a way programmatically to change the the default admin page for a specific user/role?
I have a master panel page for my plugin currently setup with ...
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How to use control_callback when creating a widget via functions.php or plugin?
I've created a dashboard widget in my functions.php file. I want to have it be able to update some stuff in the database upon form submittal. According to the codex documentation, I should be ...
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How to minimize WP dashboard menu programmatically?
I'd like to programmatically (either with js or php, but I imagine it'd simpler with js) hide the dashboard admin menu using the same functionality that is already built in. All I want is, when the ...
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Different rss feeds in a single dashboard widget
I am using this snip of code to get rss feed on my dashboard as widget. It becomes problematic when it displays 5-6 different rss feeds which makes me run down deep.
How can I add 6 different feeds ...
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Reorder dashboard widgets
I recently tried to reorder the dashboard widgets by writing a plugin. I accomplished this:
with the following code:
<?php
/*
* Plugin Name: Custom Dashboard
* Description: Custom dashboard ...
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How to manually activate user in dashboard only by admin
I'm looking for a function that allows admins (only) to activate new users. When a user registers he have to be approved by the admin before he gets access to log in.
Does anyone know how I can do ...
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Compatibility with RTL installations
I want develop a plugin that add boxes and menus in WordPress backed.
What I have to keep in mind to make it compatible with WordPress RTL installations?
Any idea or suggestion will be appreciated.
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Add new section to “Right Now” widget
I've been hacking away at modifying the "Right Now" widget in the WordPress dashboard, and although there are some hooks/filters which apply to just that, they are sparsely documented or explained.
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How can I hide certain submenus of the Settings tab in the dashboard?
I'd like to hide certain menus like Media, Privacy, and Permalinks. I've been using the following code to hide entire parent menus but not sure how to go about for submenus.
function remove_menus () ...
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Frontend editing, Frontend user dashboard
I am creating a website so that users can submit their articles from the front end. I have quite a few things set up:
The ability to submit custom post types from the front end
Blocked from the ...
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How do I fix my 'Path' field when editing pages via the Dashboard?
I am encountering the same problem described here: Unable to set path. In every module where I can edit a page, a p appears after the word 'Path'. I can click on it; clicking on it highlights some of ...
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Add custom post types stats to a custom dashboard widget
I have a lot of custom post types and I have them showing in my "Right Now" Dashboard but it's gotten pretty long so I want to separate them to a custom widget within the dash.
See example below:
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How do I use the control callback when creating a simple dashboard plugin
On this page: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_add_dashboard_widget
The function wp_add_dashboard_widget is described.
It states:
wp_add_dashboard_widget($widget_id, $widget_name, ...
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theme editor not showing correct index.php
I've run into a weird issue. Not a big deal, but i'm curious about the cause.
I was making a small edit to a site built by someone else; it was also temporary, so I was just using the built-in theme ...
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How to change the default home page for the WordPress Dashboard?
Is it possible to change the Default "Home" admin page when logging into the WordPress Dashboard?
I thought about a couple of possibilities...
Substitute the content on the Dashboard home page ...
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add widgets to dashboard for easy access for clients?
I have a widget created:
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') )
register_sidebar(array(
'name' => 'Featured Video',
'before_widget' => '',
'after_widget' => '',
...
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wp_count_posts, wp_count_terms and wp_count_comments for specific user?
Is there a way for the functions wp_count_posts, wp_count_terms and wp_count_comments to return their results only for a specific user, possibly by using a user's ID?
I'm making a custom "Right Now" ...
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Widgets not expanding on wordpress 3.3 widget dashbord
I updated to WordPress 3.3 (manual update) and cleaned browser cache.
Widgets dashbord stop working when tring to expand dynamic sidebars for custom theme when it works for previous wordpress 3.2 ...
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Browser loading content from Twitter in admin area?
I have noticed that when I am in my Dashboard and switching from main Dashboard to for example plugins, Twitter seems to be loading something.
As I am located in China where Twitter is blocked, it ...
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How do I disable dashboard update notifications for subscribers?
For registered users to my blog, if they click on the dashboard, they get an alert suggesting that they tell the site administrator (me) that the new version of WordPress is available.
All I want ...
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Removing admin bar from wordpress dashboard
I'm using wordpress multiste 3.3.1
I'm not gonna update it in the future. So I disabled all upgrade functions.
I want to remove the wordpress admin bar from both frontend as well as dashboard.
I can ...
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Replace dashboard widgets with banner ad
I know it's probably not encouraged, but is there a way to replace the standard dashboard widgets (Recent Drafts, Quickpress, etc.) with a standard image banner ad?
I know how to add new dashboard ...
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How do I remove dashboard access from specific user roles?
I'd like to prevent certain user roles from accessing the dashboard http://www.openeye.net/wp-admin/ at all. I've moved and restyled user profiles to a new page that's viewable on the site. How would ...
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Hide widgets/plugins from dashboard
I have two plugins in the dashboard, SEO Wordpress and Custom Content Type Manager, and for security reasons I want to hide these from dashboard. How to do that?
I tried to hide the SEO Wordpress ...
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Video tutorials in Dashboard
I want to insert a few video tutorials in the wordpress dashboard, instead of creating a pdf manual for a client, as i think they are easier for this client, how would I go about that? I am thinking ...
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Hooking into add_submenu_page
Ever come across a plugin that is using the manage_options capability for a page that... really doesn't need to be? Well, I've come across just that.
This may be more of a general question about ...
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Hide dashboard from non-admin users
Is it possible to hide the dashboard completely from the Non-admin users and give them access to only New post and edit posts page?
Thanks.
