getting rid of news on dashboard

anyone?

I’m not sure about 2.5, but in 2.3.3 you can edit the wp-admin > index.php file and delete lines 30 though 34, this’ll stop it from rendering, if you want to clean up the code, you can also get rd of the jscript chunk from lines 6 through 12.

I don’t want to delete the code, I will just comment it out.
I tried in the index.php and index-extra.php files. Did not help. I want to fully customize the admin front page. I need to get used to 2.5 but any help is helpful, pun intended.

Hopefully the cleaner dashboard plugin will be made available for 2.5!! Until then, maybe this plugin can be of assistence (I haven’t tried it yet though).
https://hackwordpress.com/fluency-admin-wordpress-plugin/

The new dashboard is using widgets, basically.

Install this plugin and change it around as you see fit:
https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/dashboard-widget-manager/

Thanks Otto ! I can definately use that plugin.

Otto, I want to remove cetain items from the new dashboard, and also want them stop pulling news using magpie. As it’s creating lots of overhead in wp-options.php

Would you suggest better way without installing Viper’s widget (mentioned above), ‘coz my site is already doing a lot of PHP processing and adding another widget will simply create more problems to me.

Adding plugins does not create more “processing”. This is a misconception of the way PHP works.

There is a certain amount of overhead in reading files in, yes. However, this is small by comparison to the overhead of compiling and executing the code. However, PHP does not compile code until it actually runs it. As most plugins consist of lots of added functions, those don’t add any execution overhead until they are actually used in the course of things.

Installing Viper’s dashboard widget manager will not add any extra processing worth mentioning. It will only run when you pick it from the menus, and then it will simply let you adjust the dashboard widgets.

Also, if you use this plugin to adjust the dashboard and remove those widgets, then they won’t be executed anymore either, because they’re not on the dashboard. It doesn’t “hide” them, it removes them. In much the same way that the sidebar widgets don’t run unless they’re actually in the sidebar.

Otto, I need your advice, please check your email.

Vipers plugin has been discontinued since 2.7. But it would be nice to be able to change the default screen options on the dashboard for users. There is too much information (and some they don’t need to see) for a subscriber. I would love to be able to pick and choose what they see without having to remove the dashboard completely with another plugin.

You can remove the rss feed boxes.

Other WordPress news…for example can be removed or changed by clicking the config link on the top right of the box. You have to move your mouse over it first to see it. All the boxes on the dashboard do not respond this way though. Only the rss feed boxes. but it could help configure the dashboard or at least stream line it.

Interesting thing is that when you remove or change the rss feeds so do rss feeds in all users dashboards.