Angsuman’s WordPress 2.0 / 1.5.x Dashboard Replacement: How to Trim The Fat Resource Hogging WordPress Admin Dashboard
By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News NetworkTuesday, December 27, 2005
WordPress developers are adding their preferred feeds to WordPress Admin Dashboard (from WordPress 1.5 onwards), which significantly slows up loading the Admin Dashboard.
Additionally few essential information has been removed frfom the official version of admin dashboard and also some information moved to hard-to-get locations in order to accomodate their copious feed data.
This drop-in replacement provides you with a lean and mean WordPress Admin Dashboard, lots of essential goodies without the fluff and super-fast.
This is version 3 of the popular WordPress 1.5 Admin DashBoard Hack.
This version looks nicer and incorporated some ideas from official WordPress 2.0 Admin Dashboard. It has been designed for improved usability. If you liked my previous version, you are going to love it even more.
Download: WordPress Admin Dashboard Replacement
Installation: Rename wp-admin/index.php to wp-admin/index.php.old
Grab the index.php from the downloaded zip file and drop it in your wp-admin directory.
In essence you are replacing the original version of the Admin Dashboard with the new version.
Alternative Installation: You can instead copy the index.php file to wp-content/plugins/ directory. This solution has the advantage that you can upgrade your WordPress installation in future by simply replacing the wp-admin directory, without having to save the index.php (and replacing it later).
The major downside of this approach is that this would not load the new Admin Dashboard automatically after you login. However if you click on the Dashboard link in the menu, the new Dashboard will be loaded correctly. This is a limitation of WordPress architecture.
Note: The alternative installation can be also used with the earlier version of the Dashboard hack.
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February 15, 2009: 12:10 pm
Hello, I can’t understand how to add your blog ( blog.taragana.com ) in my rss reader |
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February 3, 2009: 11:53 pm
Hello, I can’t understand how to add your blog ( blog.taragana.com ) in my rss reader |
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October 15, 2007: 5:13 am
The dashboard still works if you replace the blog stat section (after line 24 in the replacement file) with the section from the new wp-admin/index.php (as of line 100). Otherwise the stats break due to the new way in which categories and tags have been included and are called. See here: New taxonomy |
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March 31, 2007: 4:45 am
This excellent dashbaord replacement indeed works smoothly with Wordpress 2.1.2. One little mistake to be rectified in line 107 of index.php: The link to writing a post should be “post-new.php” and not “post.php”. Thanks guys! |
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February 1, 2007: 10:39 am
Much faster and it still works perfectly after the big upgrade to WP2.1. Thanks! |
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January 28, 2007: 9:12 am
I’ve added a few of my own favorites to the Dashboard, including internal shortcuts, plus external links, and a feed of my own choice. I’d like to distribute it on my website (above). I’ll upload the website. Would appreciate you letting me know if this is okay. My adaptation draws heavily on yours. Best InvestorBlogger |
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November 12, 2006: 11:49 pm
[...] Download it here: https://blog.taragana.com/Bookmark at:+ StumbleUpon | + Digg | + Del.icio.us | + Newsvine | + Spurl | + Furl | + Reddit | + Yahoo! [...] |
 Brian |
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July 21, 2006: 10:16 am
Thats normal Joy, also with other software like smf forum etc. They give you latest news or feeds. Important for Updates. But they should make an extra option to disable or enable it. Greets |
 Joy |
May 23, 2006: 9:46 am
Wow… Thank you for removing the superfluous WordPress links off the Dashboard. While I can understand the developer’s need to convey important news, I’m of the opinion that it’s up to me whether or not I want to have that info spoonfed to me or if it’s info that I seek out. Thanks again for creating a leaner admin index page and for sharing it with the class. |
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January 13, 2006: 8:27 am
[...] UPDATE: Owen’s comment pointed me to WordPress Admin Dashboard replacement which apparently adresses some of the issues I’m pointing out. I like Wordpress Dashboard. The name suggests that it’s an overview of whats relevant to your blog. What’s happening. What’s popular. Who comments. What important updates are available. The Dashboard should work like in a car. The most important and relevant information should be visible at a glance. Lets have a brief look at the dashboard. I suggest you only take a brief look to judge for your self whether you think the main objectives of the Dashboard page are met. [...] |
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January 9, 2006: 1:25 pm
[...] I was surfing around wordpress to see if I was the only person disgruntled about the Dashboard, but apparently I’m not. Thanks to this, I can now enter wp-admin without having to take a coffee break for everything to load. [...] |
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January 4, 2006: 1:44 pm
[...] WordPress (version 1.5.x and 2.x) Admin Dashboard Replacement: How to trim the fat resource hogging Admin DashBoard (Version 3) Super-fast Admin Dashboard, now with several additional capabilities. [...] |
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December 30, 2005: 4:29 pm
[...] Hate the WordPress 1.5/2.0 Dashboard? Replace it with this hack from Angsuman. Loads much faster than the stock Dashboard since it doesn’t wait on useless RSS feeds to load. [...] |
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December 29, 2005: 11:46 am
[...] e.t.a.: Alas, my proposed change did not make it in, but I have replaced the dashboard with Angsuman’s replacement and am now content. [...] |
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December 27, 2005: 12:22 pm
[...] Update: You can download the latest version of WordPress Admin Dashboard replacement here. [...] |
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December 27, 2005: 12:21 pm
[...] Update: You can download the latest version of WordPress Admin Dashboard replacement here. [...] |
Angsuman Chakraborty