The admin tools you wish WordPress shipped with
A dashboard widget with today’s numbers, an extra column in the posts list, a bulk action, a small settings screen, ask for it and review the plan first.
What the plan says
For “Add a dashboard widget showing today’s orders and the five newest comments.” NiroCoder writes a plan like this one, in plain language, before it builds anything. Yours is written for your own site.
Today at a Glance Widget
Other extension · Low risk
What I understood
You want a dashboard widget that shows how many orders came in today and the five most recent comments.
Will create
- A “Today at a glance” widget on the WordPress dashboard
Will change
- Nothing, the widget only reads data
Won’t touch
- Orders, comments and their data
- Other dashboard widgets
Why this risk level: Read-only: it displays information and changes nothing.
Get a better plan on the first try
NiroCoder plans from what you write. A few details up front save a round of changes.
01
Name the screen
The Pages list, the dashboard, a Settings page: say where it should appear so the plan changes only that screen.
02
Describe what the admin sees
A column title, what it shows, whether it sorts. A sentence about the result is enough.
03
Say who it is for
Administrators only, or editors too. The plan will say which roles see the new screen.
More things to ask for
Same idea, different request. Describe any of these in your own words.
- Add a “Last modified” column to the Pages list
- Add a bulk action to mark posts as featured
- Show word count in the posts list
- Add a settings page where I can set our support phone number
- Show a dashboard note for editors with our publishing checklist
- Add a “Duplicate” row action to the Pages list
Questions
Whatever the plan says. NiroCoder itself is only available to administrators (users with the manage_options capability); the tools it builds follow the permissions described in their plan.
Yes. Describe the fields you want, for example a support phone number, an email address and an on/off switch. The plan lists the settings page and what it stores before anything is built.
A column that only shows data WordPress already has, such as the last modified date, adds very little. The plan’s “Will change” list shows which screens are affected, so you can check before you approve.
Yes. Deactivate the extension and the widget, column or bulk action disappears. Nothing is deleted, so you can switch it back on whenever you want.
Yes. Ask in the chat, for example “also show the five newest orders”, and approve the revised plan. Each update is saved as a new version you can undo.
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Access rules
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Automations
“Email the author when a post is published”, “Create a task when an order completes”.
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Shortcodes & front-end features
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Make a [notice] shortcode that shows a dismissible yellow notice bar.
Describe it. Review the plan. Ship it.
Free plugin, 7-day trial, 50 credits, no card, no API key. Nothing is built until you approve.