How to use dashboard_secondary_title filter in WordPress

dashboard_secondary_title Filter

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

To use the dashboard_secondary_title 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.

We at WePlugins 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 below live example, we have defined a function weplugins_modify_dashboard_secondary_title_defaults which takes 1 parameter and we registered using add_filter. The first parameter dashboard_secondary_title is the name of the hook, the second parameter weplugins_modify_dashboard_secondary_title_defaults is the name of the function which 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_title filter.

Parameters

Below the 1 parameter is required to use this hook.

• $title: (string) Title attribute for the widget’s secondary link.

Live Examples

Example 1: Basic Usage

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

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

Example 2: Conditional Modification

This example shows how to conditionally modify the title.

    function weplugins_modify_dashboard_secondary_title_conditionally($title) { 
        if (is_admin()) {
            $title = "Admin View: " . $title;
        }
        return $title; 
    }
    // add the filter
    add_filter("dashboard_secondary_title", "weplugins_modify_dashboard_secondary_title_conditionally", 10, 1);
    

Example 3: Removing the Hook

To remove a hook callback, use the example below.

    // remove the filter
    remove_filter("dashboard_secondary_title", "weplugins_modify_dashboard_secondary_title_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’re having any trouble using this hook, please contact us and we’d be happy to assist you.