WordPress Dashboard Messages

This is the official github repository of the WP Dashboard Messages plugin.

You can place Messages on the WP Admin Dashboard, including but not limited to cat pictures.

Features

• Select colorset, layout and dashicon
• Multisite support for network-wide messages

For specific target groups – like user roles – you can combine this plugin with WP Access Areas.

Installation

Production

Just follow the Automatic Plugin Installation procedere.

Development

cd into your plugin directory

git clone git@github.com:mcguffin/wp-dashboard-messages.git
cd wp-dashboard-messages
npm install
npm run dev

Plugin-API

Filter dashboard_messages_color_schemes

Example:

function add_a_nice_color( $colors ) {
    $colors['nice'] = array(
        'label' => 'Urgh!',
        'css' => 'font-family:fantasy',
    );
    return $colors;
}
add_filter('dashboard_messages_color_schemes','add_a_nice_color');