administration dashboard' to serve as admin guide. Version: 1.2 Author: Shivcharan Patil of itapplication.net Author URI: http://itweb.in/shivcharan-blog/ License: GPLv2 or later */ add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', array('Admin_Guide_Widget','init') ); class Admin_Guide_Widget { /** * The id of this widget. */ const wid = 'itwebin_widget'; /** * Hook to wp_dashboard_setup to add the widget. */ public static function init() { //Register widget settings... self::update_dashboard_widget_options( self::wid, //The widget id array( //Associative array of options & default values 'category_number' => 46, ), true //Add only (will not update existing options) ); //Register the widget... wp_add_dashboard_widget( self::wid, //A unique slug/ID __( 'Administration Guide ', 'nouveau' ),//Visible name for the widget array('Admin_Guide_Widget','widget'), //Callback for the main widget content array('Admin_Guide_Widget','config') //Optional callback for widget configuration content ); } /** * Load the widget code */ public static function widget() { require_once( 'widget.php' ); } /** * Load widget config code. * * This is what will display when an admin clicks */ public static function config() { require_once( 'widget-config.php' ); } /** * Gets the options for a widget of the specified name. * * @param string $widget_id Optional. If provided, will only get options for the specified widget. * @return array An associative array containing the widget's options and values. False if no opts. */ public static function get_dashboard_widget_options( $widget_id='' ) { //Fetch ALL dashboard widget options from the db... $opts = get_option( 'dashboard_widget_options' ); //If no widget is specified, return everything if ( empty( $widget_id ) ) return $opts; //If we request a widget and it exists, return it if ( isset( $opts[$widget_id] ) ) return $opts[$widget_id]; //Something went wrong... return false; } /** * Gets one specific option for the specified widget. * @param $widget_id * @param $option * @param null $default * * @return string */ public static function get_dashboard_widget_option( $widget_id, $option, $default=NULL ) { $opts = self::get_dashboard_widget_options($widget_id); //If widget opts dont exist, return false if ( ! $opts ) return false; //Otherwise fetch the option or use default if ( isset( $opts[$option] ) && ! empty($opts[$option]) ) return $opts[$option]; else return ( isset($default) ) ? $default : false; } /** * Saves an array of options for a single dashboard widget to the database. * Can also be used to define default values for a widget. * * @param string $widget_id The name of the widget being updated * @param array $args An associative array of options being saved. * @param bool $add_only If true, options will not be added if widget options already exist */ public static function update_dashboard_widget_options( $widget_id , $args=array(), $add_only=false ) { //Fetch ALL dashboard widget options from the db... $opts = get_option( 'dashboard_widget_options' ); //Get just our widget's options, or set empty array $w_opts = ( isset( $opts[$widget_id] ) ) ? $opts[$widget_id] : array(); if ( $add_only ) { //Flesh out any missing options (existing ones overwrite new ones) $opts[$widget_id] = array_merge($args,$w_opts); } else { //Merge new options with existing ones, and add it back to the widgets array $opts[$widget_id] = array_merge($w_opts,$args); } //Save the entire widgets array back to the db return update_option('dashboard_widget_options', $opts); } }