Dash Notifier
Developers and Sysadmins, use this plugin to add a notification to clients' WordPress Dashboards via API.
The facts
- Active installs
- 10k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 26 Mar 2021
- Added
- Feb 2019
- Requires WP
- 4.0
- Tested up to
- WP 5.7.17
- Downloads
- 46,522
Our analysis
AI-assistedDash Notifier is a WordPress plugin designed for developers and system administrators to add a notification banner to their clients' WordPress Dashboard. It allows you to broadcast important messages and suggest useful plugins through a simple API setup. To implement it, you need to define a PHP constant before the setup_theme hook in your code.
The plugin supports optional parameters for recommending specific plugins, including an install button for easy access. However, the clients must have the Dash Notifier plugin installed for the banner to appear.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for developers managing client WordPress sites.
What it does well
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
- ✓Allows for custom notification messages
- ✓Supports plugin recommendations with install buttons
- ✓Easy to set up for developers familiar with PHP
Where it falls short
- •Requires clients to install the plugin for functionality
- •Limited feature information available
- •Directory score indicates potential issues or limitations
Verdict
Dash Notifier provides a straightforward way to communicate with clients through the WordPress Dashboard. Its effectiveness depends on client adoption of the plugin.
From the developer
LiteSpeed Technologies's own description of Dash Notifier, lightly tidied.
This plugin can be used by developers and system administrators to add a notification banner to their clients’ WordPress Dashboard. It’s useful for broadcasting important messages as well as suggesting plugins that clients’ might find useful, and is handled through an API.
To add a new banner, predefine a PHP constant called DASH_NOTIFIER_MSG before the setup_theme hook, like so:
define( 'DASH_NOTIFIER_MSG', json_encode( array( 'msg' => 'Your message to display in banner', 'plugin' => 'your_plugin_slug', 'plugin_name' => 'Your Plugin Name' ) ) ) ;
You can define ‘DASH_NOTIFIER_MSG’ in your own plugin or in functions.php, as long as it is before setup_theme.
The plugin parameter is optional. If set, an install button will be included with the message, allowing the client to install the plugin in one click.
The plugin_name parameter is also optional. If plugin is provided but plugin_name is not, the name will default to the official name found in the WordPress Plugin Directory.
Example: If the plugin you’d like to recommend is https://wordpress.org/plugins/hello-dolly/, replace your_plugin_slug with hello-dolly and Your Plugin Name with Hello Dolly.
NOTE: Your clients must have this plugin installed in order for the notification banner to be displayed.