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Getting the most of your WordPress Dashboard

What is that one screen you see regularly on WordPress, but might not have customized so far? Yes, the dashboard. I have been using WordPress since long now myself, and very rarely have I seen someone spending time changing things on the dashboard. I think that is because people care more about what readers see, rather than what they see on the dashboard.

However, the dashboard, in generally should be one of the most productive and useful screen on your site.

Debugging WordPress

If you accidentally introduce a syntax or fatal error in one of your template files, youā€™ll probably see the dreaded white screen of death when you visit your home page. In some cases, even the admin screens will go blank. Lets see how you can fix this…

Change the ā€œEnter title hereā€ placeholder text to make it fit your content

When youā€™re working with custom post types, sometimes the post title isnā€™t a title. It might be a personā€™s name, a building number, or a course code (just to take a few examples from universities). So itā€™s great that WordPress has a simple filter that makes it easy to customize the ā€œEnter title hereā€ placeholder text to make it fit your content

How to change WordPress admin icons

One of my favorite things about the admin theme with WordPress is the newĀ Dashicons icon font. It brings a sense of standard and uniformity to dashboard icons with its distinctive look and vast array of icons for theme and plugin authors to choose from and use with ease.

How to submit plugin to WordPress plugin repository

So you made an interestingĀ WordPress plugin, and you want that to be available for others to use. Though GitHub is really nice to share code, when it comes to WordPress, nothing beats the WordPress.org plugin and theme repository.

Here is how you can add your plugins to WordPress.org repository.