Description

The Dashboard Feeds replaces the default WordPress admin dashboard widgets with personalized RSS feeds that you register, displaying news, announcements, or updates from sources defined by the administrator. The plugin transforms the dashboard into an internal communication channel, ideal for agencies that deliver sites to end clients and need to keep business notices, institutional news, or brand content visible right at first admin access.

Key Features of Dashboard Feeds

  • Replacement of native widgets
    Removes the default dashboard WordPress blocks (News, Featured) and replaces them with custom feeds.
  • Configurable RSS feeds
    Allows registering URLs from any valid RSS source directly in the plugin settings.
  • Multiple simultaneous feeds
    Supports registering multiple feeds that appear side by side in the admin panel.
  • Role-based display control
    Defines which user roles see each feed within the WordPress dashboard.
  • Title and description customization
    Edits the widget name and introductory text that appears above feed items.

Benefits of Dashboard Feeds

  • Direct channel with the end client
    Brings communications, tutorials, and news to users without relying on email or external chat.
  • Admin panel with unique identity
    Reinforces the agency’s brand right on the welcome screen of each delivered site.
  • Fewer support tickets
    Alerts and instructions posted in the feed appear before the client even opens a ticket.
  • Fast, code-free setup
    All content publishing in the admin happens via RSS URLs, no theme file editing.

Who Should Use Dashboard Feeds?

  • Agencies that deliver WordPress sites to clients and want to leave notices, tutorials, and news visible in the admin panel.
  • Those maintaining a network of institutional sites who need to propagate internal communications from a single RSS source.
  • You wishing to remove the default WordPress dashboard widgets and replace them with content from your own publication.

How to Download Dashboard Feeds

The Dashboard Feeds is available for download here on Ultrapack. After downloading the .zip file, install it via Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin, select the file and activate. Once active, the plugin offers RSS feed registration options within the admin panel settings.

Aimed at those who use WordPress as the final delivery to third parties, Dashboard Feeds solves an old problem: the default dashboard talks about WordPress, not about your business. By swapping those blocks for RSS feeds controlled by the administrator, the plugin turns the first admin screen into an editorial space aligned with your operation, without rewriting core files or modifying the active theme.

Frequently asked questions

Is WPMUDEV Dashboard Feeds GPL-licensed?

Yes. WPMUDEV Dashboard Feeds is distributed under the GPL (GNU General Public License). You may legally use, modify and redistribute it on as many sites as you want.

Can I use WPMUDEV Dashboard Feeds on multiple sites?

Yes. You can use WPMUDEV Dashboard Feeds on multiple sites. The number of sites connected to Ultrapack Auto Updater is limited by your plan.

How much does WPMUDEV Dashboard Feeds cost at Ultrapack?

WPMUDEV Dashboard Feeds costs US$2.99 as a single purchase, and it is also included in the subscription plans starting at US$12/mo (VIP I).

Does WPMUDEV Dashboard Feeds include updates?

Yes. The current version of WPMUDEV Dashboard Feeds is 2.0.4.5, published at Ultrapack on Sep 27, 2016. Subscribers update straight from the WordPress dashboard with UAU (Ultrapack Auto Updater).

Is WPMUDEV Dashboard Feeds scanned before publication?

Yes. Every version of WPMUDEV Dashboard Feeds goes through a malware scan (ClamAV and YARA rules, at UltraHub) before it is published.