This can be solved using custom meta fields in the user profile (only visible to administrators) and then making an individual dashboard widget containing this meta (only visible if certain criteria is met). Adding fields to the user profile page can be done: 1) manually Following Justin Tadlock’s tutorial: Adding and using custom user profile … Read more
What I do for almost every site with multiple authors: Create a separate blog for meta discussions, for example meta.example.com. Use P2 as theme. Install Authenticator to allow access for members only. Install something like Inform about Content, so the members get an email whenever something new was posted. I probably wouldn’t do that for … Read more
I found that this works: add_action(‘admin_init’, ‘rw_remove_dashboard_widgets’); function rw_remove_dashboard_widgets() { remove_meta_box(‘wpdm_dashboard_widget’, ‘dashboard’, ‘normal’); } I guess ‘admin_init’ is the key, so that it runs before the dashboard is loaded.
Had to remove the folders wp-admin and wp-includes and add them again. Now all good. Somehow some of the files did not tag along during the migration. Has been a long time since I had this issue so did not think that would happen. But it did. This was because two different users have uploaded … Read more
@joesk isn’t quite correct. If you simply want to hide a meta box or two on the post-editing screen, you can do that via the Screen Options tab at the top of most screens. If it’s not aesthetic to your personal preferences and you’d like to remove the ability to edit the Excerpt at all, … Read more
Those links are supposed to show submenus. If they are not showing up, that usually means your theme has a conflict with our plugin (90% of the time, this is boostrap). Please check our documentation about conflicts with Bootstrap as well as our FAQ entry about that.
If you would like to code it yourself, here is a good tutorial for customizing the Admin Menu. http://sixrevisions.com/wordpress/how-to-customize-the-wordpress-admin-area/ Copying from the tutorial, they remove the Editor sublink: function remove_editor_menu() { remove_action(‘admin_menu’, ‘_add_themes_utility_last’, 101); } add_action(‘_admin_menu’, ‘remove_editor_menu’, 1); note: you need to know the function / action that displays it
Solution : hover on the title bar of your widget, then click configure Don’t ask me why this works like this but it does.
Try this link: WordPress Support It suggests these 7 steps about half way down: Manually run /wp-admin/upgrade.php (visit it in your browser). Try decativating all plugins. If that resolves the issue, reactivate each one individually until you find the cause. Try switching to the Twenty Ten theme to rule-out a theme-specific issue. Download WordPress again … Read more
Clearing things up First, there’s a slight misunderstanding. wp_dashboard_setup is an action and not a filter. If it would be a filter, it would have one or multiple arguments and would need to return the first one. How-To #1 For an example of this action, see the following mu-plugin I use: <?php /** * Plugin … Read more