How to use dashboard_secondary_link filter in WordPress

dashboard_secondary_link filter

Filters the secondary link URL for the ‘WordPress Events and News’ dashboard widget.

To use the dashboard_secondary_link filter, first you have to register it using add_filter. You can write this code into functions.php of your activated theme or in a custom WordPress Plugin.

At WePlugins, we always prefer to create a custom WordPress Plugin while using hooks so nothing breaks when you update your WordPress Theme in the future.

In the live example below, we have defined a function weplugins_modify_dashboard_secondary_link_defaults which takes 1 parameter and we registered it using add_filter. The first parameter dashboard_secondary_link is the name of the hook, the second parameter weplugins_modify_dashboard_secondary_link_defaults is the name of the function that needs to be called, the third parameter is the priority of calling the hook if the same hook is used multiple times, and the last parameter is the number of arguments (if any) to be passed in the registered function.

Sometimes, you have to remove a registered hook, so you can use remove_filter to remove the dashboard_secondary_link filter.

Parameters

Below the 1 parameter is required to use this hook.

• $link: (string) The widget’s secondary link URL.

Live Example

apply_filters('dashboard_secondary_link', string $link)

Below is an example of how you can use this hook.

Example 1: Modify the dashboard secondary link URL

This example shows how to modify the secondary link URL in the ‘WordPress Events and News’ dashboard widget.

        function weplugins_modify_dashboard_secondary_link_defaults($link) { 
            // Update the $link variable according to your website requirements and return this variable. You can modify the $link variable conditionally too if you want.
            return $link; 
        }
        // add the filter
        add_filter("dashboard_secondary_link", "weplugins_modify_dashboard_secondary_link_defaults", 10, 1);
    

Example 2: Conditionally modify the link

This example demonstrates how to conditionally modify the secondary link URL based on certain criteria.

        function weplugins_modify_dashboard_secondary_link_conditionally($link) { 
            if (is_user_logged_in()) {
                $link = 'https://yourwebsite.com/custom-link';
            }
            return $link; 
        }
        // add the filter
        add_filter("dashboard_secondary_link", "weplugins_modify_dashboard_secondary_link_conditionally", 10, 1);
    

Example 3: Remove the hook callback

To remove a hook callback, use the example below.

remove_filter("dashboard_secondary_link", "weplugins_modify_dashboard_secondary_link_defaults", 10, 1);

Please make sure to provide the same callback function name, priority, and number of arguments while removing the hook callback.

Contact Us

If you need customization or are having any trouble using this hook, please contact us and we’d be happy to assist you.