Changeset 62977 for trunk/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php

Timestamp:

08/03/2026 07:59:48 PM (8 weeks ago)

Author:

joedolson

Message:

Widgets: Always render the On This Day widget.

While the intention was to only render the On This Day widget when it returned results, this proved to create a variety of implementation complications and some significant points of confusion for users.

Remove the conditional rendering of the On This Day widget. When active without posts, display a message inviting the user to publish a new post.

Developed in ​https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/12575

Props iamchitti, mirmpro, shailu25, ugyensupport, iamraju, nazmulasif, wildworks, joedolson, mukesh27, annezazu, paaljoachim, joen.
Fixes #65647.

File:

• trunk/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php

@@ -90 +90 @@
 
         // On This Day.
-        if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_dashboard_on_this_day_setup' ) ) {
+        if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_dashboard_on_this_day' ) ) {
                 require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/dashboard-on-this-day.php';
         }
 
-        wp_dashboard_on_this_day_setup();
+        wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'wp_dashboard_on_this_day', __( 'On This Day' ), 'wp_dashboard_on_this_day' );
 
         // WordPress Events and News.