One of the best plugins for the dashboard

  • effex1

    (@effex1)


    4 months, 3 weeks ago

    Hi Jeff,

    First of all, thank you for the Dashboard Widgets Suite plugin — it’s clean, lightweight, and extremely useful.

    I have two feature requests that would make the plugin even more powerful:

    1. Multiple Feed Box instances Currently the Feed Box widget supports only one RSS source. It would be incredibly helpful to allow multiple instances of the Feed Box widget, so users can display several RSS feeds at the same time (e.g., personal site, official institutions, news sources, etc.).
    2. Optional admin menu in the left sidebar It would be great to have an optional menu entry in the WP Admin sidebar for easier access to the plugin settings. Even a simple link to the existing settings page would be perfect.

    Both features would significantly improve workflow and usability for users who rely on the dashboard as a control center.

    Thank you for considering these enhancements — and thank you again for your excellent work.

    Best regards, Felix

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  • Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    4 months, 2 weeks ago

    Hi Felix,

    Thank you for your feedback and these great ideas. For the first, I will add it to the suggestion list and see what I can do for a future update. For the second, I’m not sure if I understand completely.. can you clarify where the link should be located? I ask because the plugin already adds a link item to the main WP menu/sidebar (under General settings).

    Thread Starter effex1

    (@effex1)

    4 months, 2 weeks ago

    I mean, put an entrance simply on the left side,directly in wp sidebar. Because, if I search (yes, I have a plugin that does search in all my installed plugins) there is no result. Oh, and, maybe you will also make possible to follow in the rss feed/(feeds, I hope in the near future) protected feedes like Romanian Presidency and others like that, that have a protection (I don’t know exactly what kind of protectiond it/they have, but it can’t be added to the feed reader, it remains blank. Where in General can I find the link on the left and, if there is a link, can I move it outside with Menu Editor Pro? (so i can see it instantly when needed)

    Thread Starter effex1

    (@effex1)

    4 months, 2 weeks ago

    To clarify the second request: I meant an actual top‑level menu item in the main WordPress admin sidebar, not only the link under “Settings”.

    Something like:

    • Dashboard
    • Posts
    • Media
    • …
    • Dashboard Widgets Suite (with its own icon)
      • Settings
      • Help
      • About

    This would make the plugin much easier to access and more consistent with other plugins that provide dashboard functionality.

    Right now the plugin works great, but it’s a bit hidden under “Settings”, and a dedicated sidebar menu would improve usability a lot.

    Plugin Author Jeff Starr

    (@specialk)

    4 months, 2 weeks ago

    Thanks for the clarifications and extra infos.

    The plugin menu link is located under the General settings tab in the main WP sidebar menu. I’m not familiar with Menu Editor Pro but can tell you that other plugins may be hiding/moving the DWS menu item. Some basic troubleshooting can help to determine what is happening.

    In any case, I think an option to enable a top-level menu item is a great idea, will try to implement. Thanks again for the feedback.

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