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mcguffin/wp-dashboard-messages
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Show Messages on the WP Admin Dashboard.

1.1.7(5mo ago)152[5 PRs](https://github.com/mcguffin/wp-dashboard-messages/pulls)GPL-2.0-or-laterPHP

Since Jan 30Pushed 5mo ago3 watchersCompare

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WordPress Dashboard Messages
============================

[](#wordpress-dashboard-messages)

This is the official github repository of the [WP Dashboard Messages](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-messages/) plugin.

You can place Messages on the WP Admin Dashboard, including but not limited to cat pictures.

[![Some random messages](.wporg/screenshot-1.png)](.wporg/screenshot-1.png)

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Select colorset, layout and dashicon
- Multisite support for network-wide messages

For specific target groups – like user roles – you can combine this plugin with [WP Access Areas](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-dashboard-messages/).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

### Production

[](#production)

Just follow the [Automatic Plugin Installation](https://wordpress.org/support/article/managing-plugins/#automatic-plugin-installation) procedere.

### Development

[](#development)

cd into your plugin directory

```
git clone git@github.com:mcguffin/wp-dashboard-messages.git
cd wp-dashboard-messages
npm install
npm run dev

```

Plugin-API
----------

[](#plugin-api)

##### Filter `dashboard_messages_color_schemes`

[](#filter-dashboard_messages_color_schemes)

Example:

```
function add_a_nice_color( $colors ) {
    $colors['nice'] = array(
        'label' => 'Urgh!',
        'css' => 'font-family:fantasy',
    );
    return $colors;
}
add_filter('dashboard_messages_color_schemes','add_a_nice_color');

```

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 90% of packages

Maintenance72

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.3% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~266 days

Recently: every ~465 days

Total

9

Last Release

157d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2e32281e1b5f0cbc598ece29eae06589fc9ed6aeb4529f5dd927bf0641e42fa4?d=identicon)[mcguffin](/maintainers/mcguffin)

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Top Contributors

[![mcguffin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/402988?v=4)](https://github.com/mcguffin "mcguffin (117 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (2 commits)")

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Tags

dashboard-messagesmultisitewordpresswordpress-pluginwp-adminpluginwordpressmessageswp-admin

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