This support forum thread has both an explanation and a code snippet that you might be able to work up into a solution. The “Right Now” widget is tied to the edit_posts capability. I don’t know about the incoming links widget or quick post widget, but I’d guess it’s the same issue of either requiring … Read more
No you can’t – a metabox cannot span more than one column, and so the width of the metabox is determined by how many columns there are.
I found this plugin that let me create custom options and set the value dynamically in my templates. Worked out fine http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-options-plus/
Solved: It appears chrome had a corrupt cache as I attempted to visit the backend on Firefox and noticed that the issue wasn’t there. I had to delete all Chrome browsing data (cache alone wouldn’t do it).
Dismissed pointers are stored as user meta, you can inspect this for yourself with: $meta = get_user_meta( wp_get_current_user() ); print_r( $meta[‘dismissed_wp_pointers’] ); In your case, the meta might be empty or damaged, to update dismissed pointers for ALL users on your blog, you could run this function (only once): function wpse80084_dismiss_wp_pointers() { $dismissed = array( … Read more
WordPress isn’t built with your idea in mind. That being said, add_menu_page on the WordPress Codex shows how to create an admin top-level menu page, i.e., a menu item within the left column of the admin section. add_submenu_page shows how to create submenus of top-level menu items. You could create a plugin, and add menu/submenu … Read more
I found this WpTuts+ article about Custom Post Types for you. This is an article that will explain what exactly Custom Post Types are and how to accomplish creating one. This will help you along. Also, I found this wpbeginner article about creating custom archive pages. You can use this article to create the custom … Read more
I would just disable the editor entirely. It is a dangerous tool anyway. I compare it to working on an airplane while its flying. Edit wp-config.php to add: define(‘DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT’,true); You can reverse that by re-editing your wp-config.php and uploading over FTP (or maybe you have direct file access), as you should be doing anyway, but … Read more
it’s not possible since new post not set to category. except, you need to create new post first assigned with selected category. so just create function that create new post on button click. the problem is you will find many empty post if user play with that link to create dashboard widget you can check … Read more
WP Logs me out after updating anything on dashboard