Remove Dashboard Welcome Panel
add_action( ‘admin_init’, function () { remove_action( ‘welcome_panel’, ‘wp_welcome_panel’ ); } );Continue reading
Location: admin_only
Change “Howdy Admin” in Admin Bar
function wpcode_snippet_replace_howdy( $wp_admin_bar ) { // Edit the line below to set what you want the admin bar to display intead of “Howdy,”. $new_howdy = ‘Heya,’; $my_account = $wp_admin_bar->get_node( ‘my-account’ ); if ( ! isset( $my_account->title ) ) { return;…Continue reading
Add Last Modified Column
add_filter( ‘manage_posts_columns’, function ( $columns ) { $columns[‘last_modified’] = __( ‘Last Modified’ ); return $columns; } ); add_action( ‘manage_posts_custom_column’, function ( $column, $post_id ) { if ( ‘last_modified’ === $column ) { $modified_time = get_the_modified_time( ‘Y/m/d g:i:s a’, $post_id );…Continue reading
Add ID column in admin tables
add_action( ‘admin_init’, function () { // Get all public post types $post_types = get_post_types( array(), ‘names’ ); function wpcode_add_post_id_column( $columns ) { $columns[‘wpcode_post_id’] = ‘ID’; // ‘ID’ is the column title return $columns; } function wpcode_show_post_id_column_data( $column, $post_id ) {…Continue reading
Allow Staff to view-only email logs content without the ability to delete
/** * Let staff view the WP Mail SMTP Email Log and read sent emails, without being able * to delete, resend or export logs. * Edition: Pro (email logs are a Pro feature). Change ‘edit_others_posts’ to the * capability…Continue reading
List All URLs
// List All URLs / Kiri Vadivelu / 2026 add_action(‘admin_menu’, ‘add_url_list_page’); function add_url_list_page() { add_management_page(‘All URLs’, ‘All URLs’, ‘manage_options’, ‘all-urls’, ‘display_all_urls’); } function display_all_urls() { $args = array( ‘post_type’ => array(‘post’, ‘page’), ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’, ‘numberposts’ => -1 ); $posts…Continue reading
Auto Admin Logout
// Auto Admin Logout / Kiri Vadivelu / 2026 add_filter( ‘auth_cookie_expiration’, ‘short_session_admin’, 10, 3 ); function short_session_admin( $expiration, $user_id, $remember ) { // Only apply the short timeout for administrators if ( user_can( $user_id, ‘manage_options’ ) ) { return 3600;…Continue reading
Sensitive User Switch
// Sensitive User Switch / Kiri Vadivelu / 2026 add_filter( ‘user_has_cap’, function( $allcaps, $caps, $args, $user ) { if ( ‘switch_to_user’ === $args[0] ) { // Deny switching to everyone except site owner if ( $user->user_login !== ‘ownerusername’ ) {…Continue reading
Sensitive Site Setting
// Remove Sensitive Setting / Kiri Vadivelu / 2026 add_action( ‘admin_init’, ‘remove_sensitive_setting’, 999 ); function remove_sensitive_setting() { global $user_ID; if ( $user_ID != 1 ) { // Primary Menus remove_menu_page( ‘options-general.php’ ); // Settings // Secondary Menus remove_submenu_page( ‘themes.php’, ‘site-editor.php’…Continue reading
Remove Screen Options
// Remove Screen Options / Kiri Vadivelu / 2026 function remove_screen_options() { // Check if user has ‘manage_options’ (Admin) OR ‘edit_others_posts’ (Editor) if ( current_user_can( ‘manage_options’ ) || current_user_can( ‘edit_others_posts’ ) ) { return true; // Show Screen Options }…Continue reading