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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

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/moshtafizur-rahman-anty/wp-site-snapshot-widget/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
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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