WP Dash Message
Add a welcome message dashboard widget and remove any WordPress dashboard widgets with this plugin.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 2
- Active installs
- 200+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 22 Dec 2011
- Added
- Jul 2011
- Requires WP
- 3.1.3
- Tested up to
- WP 3.3.2
- Downloads
- 10,057
Our analysis
AI-assistedWP Dash Message is a WordPress plugin that allows you to create a custom message in a widget box at the top of the dashboard. You can set messages on both site and network levels, with network messages appearing after site messages. The plugin also includes functionality to remove any dashboard widgets from various dashboards.
Best for: This plugin is suitable for WordPress site administrators looking to customise their dashboard experience.
What it does well
- ✓Allows custom messages in dashboard widget
- ✓Supports both site and network level settings
- ✓Can remove unwanted dashboard widgets
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in December 2011
- •Limited information on future updates
- •Some users may not see the Welcome box due to dashboard rearrangement
Verdict
WP Dash Message offers basic customisation options for dashboard messages and widget management, but its age may limit compatibility with newer WordPress versions.
From the developer
Aleksandar Arsovski's own description of WP Dash Message, lightly tidied.
The plugin allows the user to write a message for a new widget box that appears at the top of the dashboard.
This can be accomplished on both a site and network level. The site level options are available on the site’s
dashboard settings tab called “Dashboard Message”, while the network level options are found on the Network
Settings tab on the Network Admin dashboard. Network level messages are displayed after site level messages
in the message box.
The header of the dashboard box/widget is “Welcome, (user’s display name goes here)” by default.
1.0.2 UPDATE: The dashboard message now appears on the global dashboard as well. Pushed out network level entry field bug fixes as well.
1.1.0 UPDATE: The plugin now also enables you to REMOVE any dashboard widgets you wish to from any of the dashboards. This means that you can disable network, site, and global dashboard widgets.
Network and global (the dashboard new users without a blog/site typically see) dashboard widgets can be removed through the “Network Settings” page (Network Dashboard -> Settings -> Network Settings).
Site dashboard widgets can be removed from both the “Network Settings” page and from the “Dashboard Message” settings page (Dashboard -> Settings -> Dashboard Message). PLEASE NOTE that if a site dashboard widget is disabled through the network settings, site admins will not be able to re-enable it through the “Dashboard Message” settings page.
1.1.1 UPDATE: Optimization.
1.1.2 UPDATE: Small bug fix.
GOALS FOR FUTURE UPDATES:
Colour options would be great to add for a customized look.
Please NOTE: Some users may not have the Welcome box appear at the top of the Dashboard. This usually happens
if the user has rearranged the boxes on the Dashboard previously.
–This widget was developed with the help of the WordPress Codex, Tutorials, and Help Forums–