WordPress contains an extensive list of APIs for performing common tasks across a WordPress site. From interacting with the database to creating responsive images, there's an API for practically everything. This session will be the first in a series of an introduction to the common WordPress APIs, starting with the Dashboard Widgets API.

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Common WordPress APIs:
Dashboard Widgets
Jonathan Bossenger
Learn.WordPress.org

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Hello!
○ My name is Jonathan Bossenger
○ From Cape Town, South Africa
○ Developer educator at Automattic
○ Sponsored to work with the Training Team
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Dashboard Widgets
Jonathan Bossenger

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6. Learning outcomes
○ The dashboard widgets API.
• What is the dashboard widgets API and why it’s useful
• How to use the dashboard widgets API
• Adding a dashboard widget
• Adding a widget control
• Widget callback arguments
• Widget context and priority

7. Requirements
○ A local WordPress install
○ A text editor
○ Some post data
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/fakerpress/
○ An empty plugin
• We’ll create this in the workshop

8. Let’s go!

9. Resources
○ https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/dashboard-widgets/
○ https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_add_dashboard_widget/
○ https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/wp_dashboard_setup/
○ https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_recent_posts/
○ https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/update_option/
○ https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_option/