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WP Site Snapshot

This plugin show your site data instantly. It adds a dashboard widget with post counts, comment totals, and your latest 5 article titles.

by Moshtafizur · github.com/moshtafizur-rahman-anty/wp-site-snapshot-widget

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/moshtafizur-rahman-anty/wp-site-snapshot-widget/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
Readme github.com/moshtafizur-rahman-anty/wp-site-snapshot-widget ↗

A custom WordPress admin dashboard widget demonstrating strict PHP 8.0+ OOP architecture and MVC separation of concerns.

🏗️ Development Approach

When building this traditional backend plugin, I avoided legacy procedural PHP to ensure enterprise-level scalability and security:

  • Object-Oriented Programming (OOP): The entire plugin logic is encapsulated inside a strict PHP class. This prevents global namespace collisions and ensures compatibility with other plugins.
  • Separation of Concerns (MVC): Instead of mixing complex HTML output inside the PHP logic class, I separated the frontend markup into a dedicated views/ folder. The class safely includes the view, making the codebase highly maintainable.
  • Safe Boot Sequence: The class is instantiated inside the plugins_loaded hook. This guarantees all core WordPress functions are fully loaded before the plugin executes.
  • Core API Usage: Implemented native wp_add_dashboard_widget() via the wp_dashboard_setup hook to safely pull and display live site statistics (posts, comments, and recent publications).

🛠️ Tech Stack & APIs Used

  • PHP 7.4+ / 8.0+ (Strict OOP)
  • WordPress Core Hooks API
  • Dashboard Widgets API

🚀 Installation & Testing

  1. Download the .zip file from the releases or clone this repository.
  2. Upload to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory of your local WordPress environment.
  3. Activate the plugin through the WordPress admin dashboard.
  4. Navigate to the main Dashboard to see the site snapshot widget.

👨‍💻 About the Developer

Moshtafizur Rahman
WordPress & WooCommerce Developer | Remote European Experience
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