Description
If you want a custom dashboard widget promoting your company, this simple plugin allows you to create it using built-in editor, which supposrts all the WordPress formating. There is no problem put any external links to your site and even upload custom logo or any picture! If you’re admin, this is the best way to inform all editors and also allows contact you via predefeined email.
Screenshots
Editing screen 
Optional password 
Widget itself 
You can use widget free of form just for information to other users.
Installation
Best is to install directly from WordPress. If manual installation is required, please make sure that the plugin files are in a folder named “custom-dashboard-widget” (not two nested folders) in the WordPress plugins folder, usually “wp-content/plugins”.
FAQ
- Installation Instructions
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Best is to install directly from WordPress. If manual installation is required, please make sure that the plugin files are in a folder named “custom-dashboard-widget” (not two nested folders) in the WordPress plugins folder, usually “wp-content/plugins”.
- Where can I edit the form?
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Go to Settings and look for the “Custom Dashboard Widget options”.
- When I set the password to lock editing the widget and forget it, is there a way to reset it?
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Click on the “Reset password (site admin only)” button and e-mail with the url to reset current password will be delivered to e-mail of the e-mail found in “General Settings”.
Reviews
Handy plug-in for editors
What a great tool! And super fast support too! I use this to put notes in the dashboard for myself and others so when I try to remember where to go to update sections of the website, I just look at my notes on the dashboard. I just unchecked the option to display the contact form and now I have a nice neat list of reminders for next time I need to update a gallery or widget or such. Thanks for the tool.
Contributors & Developers
“Custom Dashboard Widget & Dashboard Contact Form” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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Interested in development?
Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.
Changelog
version 1.2.1
- fixed array blog_id
- updated compatibility tag
version 1.2.0
- fixed a serious multisite bug preventing to use on a first sub-site
- fixed multisite settings
version 1.1.9
- updated compatibility tag
- fixed several notices= version 1.1.8 =
- updated compatibility tag
version 1.1.7
- changed session names md5 hash of login to prevent problems with non-alfanumerical characters
- get_currentuserinfo is deprecated, added code to avoid compatibilty warnings
- Updated compatibilty tag
Version 1.6.
- Updated compatibilty tag
Version 1.1.5
- Fixed default settings for dashboard to be available to users
- Fixed compatibility with WP 4.5
Version 1.1.4
- Fixed issues with quotation marks in all fields – fixed additional backslashes if they were used
Version 1.1.3
- Added feature to copy setting for other sites in multisite
- Added feature to disable settings override for otger blogs
- This settings is available only at the blog with ID defined by BLOG_ID_CURRENT_SITE (usually 1 == first blog)
- Amount to donate is now undefined for the number of your choice 🙂
Version 1.1.2
- Fixed displaying widget contact form for admin
Version 1.1.1
- Fixed displaying widget contact form for custom user roles
Version 1.1.0
- Added multisite autoinstall support
- Fixed displaying widget for custom user roles
Version 1.0.9
- Fixed a undefined notice on line 24 and 78 in settings.php
Version 1.0.8
- Minor fixes in e-mail (removed ‘http://’ in subject and email)
- Added settings link to plugin header in plugins list
- Updated WP compatibility tag
- Added button to unset stored password and logout from edit mode
Version 1.0.7
- Changed plugin name to fit the ame as in install plugins
- Czech translation fixes
- Added Slovak translation
- fixed incompatibility issues with multisite
- Some minor fixes
- Added feature to reset plugin password (e-mail to with reset url is delivered to site admin)
Version 1.0.6
- Bugfix: problems with quotes in form message
Version 1.0.5
- Added feature to change text after contact form title
- Bugfix: message placeholder now can be edited
- Bugfix: problems with quotes
Version 1.0.4
- Remade settings page to be more intuitive
- Some translation files updates
Version 1.0.3.1
- Bugfix: fixed formatting in settings 🙂
Version 1.0.3
- Improved formatting on contact form
- Bugfix: default settings, on install is widget and contact form enabled for ALL roles
Version 1.0.2
- Admins may now choose for which roles is contact form enabled
- Default target email is admin email
- Messages are sent now in HTML format
- Bugfix: title after sending form is now the same as set in settings
- Bugfix: email copy now can be filled blank
- Bugfix: added styles to cdw_fix.css
Version 1.0.1
- Bugfix: fixes issues in setttings page for changing password
Version 1.0.0
- release version