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//add custom widget to dashboard

add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'custom_dashboard_widgets');



function custom_dashboard_widgets(){

    //first parameter is the ID of the widget (the div holding the widget will have that ID)

    //second parameter is title (shown in the header of the widget) -> see picture bellow

    //third parameter is the function name we are calling to get the content of our widget

    wp_add_dashboard_widget('my_custom_widget_id', 'My Widget Title', 'my_custom_widget');

}



function my_custom_widget() {

    //the content of our custom widget

    echo '<p>The content of the widget goes here.</p>';

}