Hello,
I need to create a custom widget for my child sites. The MainWp plugin seems to include widgets with the MainWP_UI class inside the page-mainwp-overview.php file.
In another post, I read that we can use the mainwp_before_overview_widgets() hook to include custom code.
Do I use this hook to call my custom widget class ? Do I use the MainWP_UI class inside this hook ? It’s not clear for me.
Thanks for your help and examples.
Hi @Cyril, do you need widget only on the Individual site Overview or on the Global overview page too?
Hi Bogdan,
to begin, only on the individual site overview.
Thanks.
One more thing I need to ask, are you building a custom extension or you just want to build a custom snippet to insert custom widget on the Overview page?
I need to add aditionnal datas for the child sites (on the overview page). So, I want to create new widgets in the overview page of the child sites.
For the moment I can add new columns in the sites table. It’ not very complicated. But, for create new widgets, with specific datas, I don’t see how to proceed.
So, if I use a custom snippet, maybe I could create these new widgets.
Can you give us, a simply process for this ?
Thanks a lot !
Hi Cyril, thanks for getting back to me.
Can you please try with something like this:
add_filter( 'mainwp_getmetaboxes', 'mycustom_widget_get_metaboxes', 10, 1 );
function mycustom_widget_get_metaboxes( $metaboxes ) {
if ( ! isset( $_GET['dashboard'] ) ) {
return $metaboxes;
}
if ( ! is_array( $metaboxes ) ) {
$metaboxes = array();
}
$metaboxes[] = array(
'id' => 'my-metabox-widget',
'plugin' => __FILE__,
'custom' => true,
'metabox_title' => __( 'My Metabox' ),
'callback' => 'render_mycustom_widget_get_metaboxes',
);
return $metaboxes;
}
function render_mycustom_widget_get_metaboxes() {
?>
<div class="ui grid">
<div class="twelve wide column">
<h3 class="ui header handle-drag">
<?php esc_html_e( 'My Metabox' ); ?>
<div class="sub header"><?php esc_html_e( 'My Metabox' ); ?></div>
</h3>
</div>
<div class="four wide column right aligned"></div>
</div>
<?php
}
Hi Bogdan !
thank for this example.
To test, I use directly your code. But I don’t see any new widget in the site dashboard (after having clear the cache). The first function seems to be correct. But, the callback doesn’t seem to be calling. I don’t see a widget with the ‘My Metabox’ title.
Any idea ? Thanks.
Thanks for getting back to me. Just to be sure, does it show on the main Overview page?
No. No element/widget seems to appear on the main overview page or in site overview page.
If I insert a ‘print_r’ inside the function …( $metaboxes ) I see an element. A ‘print_r’ inside the callback function don’t render anything.
Can you try this version:
add_filter( 'mainwp_getmetaboxes', 'mycustom_widget_get_metaboxes', 10, 1 );
function mycustom_widget_get_metaboxes( $metaboxes ) {
if ( ! is_array( $metaboxes ) ) {
$metaboxes = array();
}
$metaboxes[] = array(
'id' => 'my-metabox-widget',
'plugin' => __FILE__,
'custom' => true,
'metabox_title' => __( 'My Metabox' ),
'callback' => 'render_mycustom_widget_get_metaboxes',
);
return $metaboxes;
}
function render_mycustom_widget_get_metaboxes() {
?>
<div class="ui grid">
<div class="twelve wide column">
<h3 class="ui header handle-drag">
<?php esc_html_e( 'My Metabox' ); ?>
<div class="sub header"><?php esc_html_e( 'My Metabox' ); ?></div>
</h3>
</div>
<div class="four wide column right aligned"></div>
</div>
<?php
}
Please try in the MainWP Custom Dashboard Extension, in the PHP Section
I tried in my setup, and it worked:
Hi @Bogdan,
I understand the problem. I don’t use the MainWP Custom Dashboard Extension and develop a custom plugin. In my custom plugin, your code has no effect.
How can I use your code inside a custom plugin ?
Thanks.
Hi Bogdan,
thanks for this code !! Now, I can see a custom widget on all overview pages.
In the mainwp_before_overview_widgets() hook, i call the widget class to render it.
But, the widget is rendered at the top of the widgets. WIth the other mainwp_after_overview_widgets() hook, the widget is rendered at the end.
Is there a possibility to render my custom widget among the other ? (with another hook)
Thanks.
Hi Cyril,
Thanks for getting back to me.
can you please share your code you have so far so I can check it and see what can be readjusted?
Hi Bogdan,
for the moment I use a simple hook for this :
function myplugin_before_overview_widgets() {
require_once '..mywidget-class.php';
$widget = new MainWP_MyWidget();
print $widget->render_widget_metaboxes();
}
add_action( 'mainwp_after_overview_widgets', 'myplugin_before_overview_widgets' );