Request: WordPress dashboard RSS feeds plugin
by Mark on Jan.31, 2006, under general
Before I upgraded to WordPress 2.0, I used to use a plugin called Dashboard Options to add some extra RSS feeds to my WordPress dashboard. Unfortunately, the author of the Dashboard Options plugin has been unable to make his plugin work without modifying core WP files (namely the wp-admin/index.php file).
To see if I might be able to customize the plugin myself, I started reading up on writing WP plugins. In the Codex, I found out about the plugin API and how it works. Hooks have been defined so that developers can quickly add custom function calls without modifying core WP files. There is a comprehensive list of WordPress 2.x hooks for action. There is an action called activity_box_end that is called at the end of the activity box on the dashboard. I gave this action a try, but it occurs too early in the script. The cjb_dashboard_showcustomcontent function from the plugin renders the RSS feeds, but the action occurs inside of the activity box, causing some undesired results. What I would like is to have the custom feeds rendered after the WP news feeds, perhaps even replacing them.
It looks like I’ll have to do some more homework before I can get my dashboard to give me my news the way I would like it. Of course, I could probably just write another script to download and display the feeds, but I like the idea of my WP dashboard having all of that information for me.
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