Title: Dismiss Welcome Panel Nag Dashboard Widget Author: luciano-croce Published: November 9, 2017 Last modified: June 12, 2018 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/dismiss-welcome-nag/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=1780515) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/dismiss-welcome-nag/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=1780518) # Dismiss Welcome Panel Nag Dashboard Widget By [luciano-croce](https://profiles.wordpress.org/luciano-croce/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/dismiss-welcome-nag.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag/#reviews) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dismiss-welcome-nag/) ## Description Dismiss **Welcome Panel** nag, **dashboard widget**, when it is activated, or automatically, if it is in mu-plugins directory. Development for this plugin, takes place at [GitHub](https://github.com/luciano-croce/dismiss-welcome-nag/), and [Travis CI](https://travis-ci.org/luciano-croce/dismiss-welcome-nag/). [Dismiss Welcome Panel Nag](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag/) is the best companion of [Dismiss Gutenberg Nag](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dismiss-gutenberg-nag/), and [Dismiss Browser Update Nag](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dismiss-browser-nag/). Compatible with GlotPress [translations](https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/it/default/wp-plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag). Plugin approved in the repository of the plugin directory on 2017-11-09 #### Tips A neat trick, is to put this single file dismiss-welcome-nag.php (not its parent directory) in the /wp-content/mu-plugins/ directory (create it if not exists) so you won’t even have to enable it, and will be loaded by default, also, since first step installation of WordPress setup! #### Explanation This, is different from the other similar plugins, because uses the filter hook, and not the action hook. Filters should filter information, thus receiving information/ data, applying the filter and returning information/data, and then used. However, filters are still action hooks. WordPress defines add_filter/remove_filter as “hooks a function to a specific filter action”, and add_action/remove_action as “hooks a function on to a specific action”. #### What is Welcome Panel? [Welcome Panel](https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/welcome_panel) is a dashboard widget experience for WordPress 3.5+ #### About it The code of this plugin, is not written with a php framework, but with a simple php editor, manually, compatible UTF-8 without BOM, and Unix LF. To avoid code corruption, do not edit it with WordPress embedded editor, or with any specifications incompatible editor. #### Translation Translated by: [Luciano Croce](https://profiles.wordpress.org/luciano-croce/) #### Acknowledgements Thanks to [Andrea Gandino (andg)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andg/) for [Italian](https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/it/default/wp-plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag) translation approval. Thanks to [Garrett Hyder](https://profiles.wordpress.org/garrett-eclipse/) for [English (Canada)](https://translate.wordpress.org/locale/en-ca/default/wp-plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag) translation approval. ## Screenshots [⌊Dashboard Widget Enabled - Screenshot 1 of 4⌉⌊Dashboard Widget Enabled - Screenshot 1 of 4⌉[ Dashboard Widget Enabled – Screenshot 1 of 4 [⌊Dashboard Widget Disabled - Screenshot 2 of 4⌉⌊Dashboard Widget Disabled - Screenshot 2 of 4⌉[ Dashboard Widget Disabled – Screenshot 2 of 4 [⌊As single Plugin Enabled - Screenshot 3 of 4⌉⌊As single Plugin Enabled - Screenshot 3 of 4⌉[ As single Plugin Enabled – Screenshot 3 of 4 [⌊As mu-plugins Enabled - Screenshot 4 of 4⌉⌊As mu-plugins Enabled - Screenshot 4 of 4⌉[ As mu-plugins Enabled – Screenshot 4 of 4 ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Dismiss Welcome Panel Nag Dashboard Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ luciano-croce ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/luciano-croce/) “Dismiss Welcome Panel Nag Dashboard Widget” has been translated into 6 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Dismiss Welcome Panel Nag Dashboard Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dismiss-welcome-nag/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/dismiss-welcome-nag/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dismiss-welcome-nag/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/dismiss-welcome-nag/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog Plugin approved in the directory on 2017-11-09 Detailed changes are available on [GitHub](https://github.com/luciano-croce/dismiss-welcome-nag/blob/master/CHANGES.md). #### 1.0.1 Release Date: November 09, 2017 * Changed plugin name * Changed plugin description * Renamed plugin slug * Renamed text domain slug * Preemptive Support for WP 5.0-alpha/beta * Preemptive Support for WordPress 4.9.2 * Compatible with WordPress 4.9+ * Work with WordPress 3.3+ to 4.9+ ~ 5.0-alpha/beta * Make sure that run under WP 3.3+ or greater * Work with PHP 5.2.4 to 7.1+ ~ 7.2+ * Make sure that run under PHP 5.2.4 or greater * Compatible with MySQL 5.5+ and 5.6+ or greater * Compatible with MariaDB 5.5+ and 10.0+ or greater * Compatible with GlotPress translations * Compatible with load_plugin_textdomain Function * Compatible with load_muplugin_textdomain Function * Updated descriptions to reflect changes * Updated screenshots according new changes * Updated readme.txt according new changes #### 1.0.0 Release Date: December 12, 2013 * First initial release of the plugin * Use the filter hook and not the action hook * Compatible with WordPress 3.3+ or greater * Compatible with WordPress Multisite * Compatible with mu-plugins directory * Compatible with 1st step installation setup * Compatible with the Famous 5 Minute Installation * Compatible with MySQL 5.0+ or greater * Requires WordPress Version 3.3+ or greater * Requires PHP Version 5.2.4 or greater ## Meta * Version **1.0.1** * Last updated **8 years ago** * Active installations **10+** * WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.0.27** * PHP version ** 5.2.4 or higher ** * Languages * [English (Australia)](https://en-au.wordpress.org/plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag/), [English (Canada)](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag/), [English (New Zealand)](https://en-nz.wordpress.org/plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag/), [English (South Africa)](https://en-za.wordpress.org/plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag/), [English (UK)](https://en-gb.wordpress.org/plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag/), and [Italian](https://it.wordpress.org/plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag) * Tags * [dismiss-dashboard-widget](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dismiss-dashboard-widget/) [luciano-croce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/luciano-croce/)[welcome panel](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/welcome-panel/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dismiss-welcome-nag/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dismiss-welcome-nag/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dismiss-welcome-nag/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ luciano-croce ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/luciano-croce/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dismiss-welcome-nag/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.paypal.me/lucianocroce/)