prefix . "authordiscuss"; $msg_limit = get_option( 'author_discussion_dashboard_limit' ); $messages = "SELECT * FROM $table_name ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT $msg_limit"; $messages = $wpdb->get_results($messages); foreach($messages as $row){ //get author info here $auth_name = get_userdata($row->userid); $auth_name = $auth_name->display_name; $id = $row->id . '_cont'; $time = strtotime($row->time); $time = date('M j, Y g:i A', $time); $message = stripslashes($row->text); $message = apply_filters('the_content', $message); echo '

' . '

' . $auth_name . ' (' . $time . ') ' . '#

' . $message . '

'; } } // Create Dashboard Widget Using Hook function auth_discuss_add_dashboard_widgets() { auth_discuss_query(1); $authdiscuss_cap = get_option('author_discussion_capability'); if(current_user_can ( $authdiscuss_cap ) ){ wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'auth_discuss_dashboard_widget', // Widget slug. 'Author Discussion', // Title. 'auth_discuss_dashboard_widget_function' // Display function. ); } } add_action( 'wp_dashboard_setup', 'auth_discuss_add_dashboard_widgets' ); // Create Dashboard Widget Content function auth_discuss_dashboard_widget_function() { // Display latest messages echo '

Recent Messages

'; auth_discuss_widget_posts(); echo '

'; }