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MyDashboard - Replacement WordPress dashboard - preview

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Update: I have now added a new download for this plugin, it is available from the same download link at the bottom of this post (I have also left the original preview download available if required).

This new version (0.2) is fully featured and has a number of extra gadgets, such as a generic RSS Feed reader (and others listed below) as well as a simple administration panel so that you can easily re-enable the standard dashboard or change the skin.

MyDashboard is a WordPress 2.2 ( and above ) plugin that aims to be a replacement for the standard WordPress dashboard.

It is based on the igoogle, pageflakes and netvibes type of home page and is designed to be easily extendable and skinnable.

Features include:

• Drag and drop to reorder the gadgets location to your liking.
• Add or remove gadgets at will.
• Fully extend-able - easily add your own gadgets to the dashboard using the very simple API.
• Skinable - The look of the dashboard can be changed simply by selecting a different skin (CSS style sheet).
• Standard gadgets - I have provided a number of standard gadgets.

This version of the plugin has a fully working dashboard and a number of standard gadgets that reproduce the main content from the standard WordPress dashboard such as:

• Recent comments
• Latest posts
• Blog statistics
• Quick links
• Technorati incoming links
• WordPress development blog RSS feed
• WordPress planet RSS feed

I still have a few gadgets to finalize, such as a generic RSS feed gadget, Scheduled posts, Askimet statistics and possibly a quick post form.

Update: those gadgets with a strike, are completed and are available for download via SVN until the next package is generated.

I also need to complete the options panel to make it easier to select a different skin and change the number of columns on the page.

The preview version can be downloaded from here. It uses jQuery quite extensively so is only really suitable for WordPress 2.2 and above. I have included a version of the jQuery library within the plugin so it should also work on WordPress versions 2 and above, but it hasn’t been fully tested on anything below 2.2

More details can be found at this link above and at the development blog. Please visit the support forum for any help required.