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Add your cpts to the Widget Activity of the Dashboard in WordPress
<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Dashboard Widget Activity Custom Post Type
Plugin URI:
Description:
Author: Daniele Mte90 Scasciafratte
Version: 1.0.0
Author URI: http://mte90.net
*/
//Add the support for your cpt in the Widget Activity of the Admin Dashboard
if ( is_admin() ) {
add_filter( 'dashboard_recent_posts_query_args', 'add_page_to_dashboard_activity' );
function add_page_to_dashboard_activity( $query_args ) {
if ( is_array( $query_args[ 'post_type' ] ) ) {
//Set yout post type
$query_args[ 'post_type' ][] = 'page';
} else {
$temp = array( $query_args[ 'post_type' ], 'page' );
$query_args[ 'post_type' ] = $temp;
}
return $query_args;
}
}
@tallieven
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Thanks.. it works for just one kind of custom post type...
What if I have two diferent custom post types?

@douglasanro
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@tallieven try that way:

if ( is_admin() ) {
	add_filter( 'dashboard_recent_posts_query_args', 'add_page_to_dashboard_activity' );
	function add_page_to_dashboard_activity( $query ) {
		// Return all post types
		$post_types = get_post_types();
		// Return post types of your choice
		// $post_types = ['post', 'foo', 'bar'];
		if ( is_array( $query['post_type'] ) ) {
			$query['post_type'] = $post_types;
		} else {
			$temp = $post_types;
			$query['post_type'] = $temp;
		}
		return $query;
	}
}

@AkremBelkahla
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@douglasanro
Is it possible to add post type name and author next to post name ? and increase the number of last posts (more than 5) ?
Thanks !

@douglasanro
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@thegreenarrow
Well, the default dashboard_recent_posts_query_args accepts all WP_query arguments, like posts_per_page to increase the number of posts see here. But, this function only return date and title.

The easy way to display other fields is creating a custom dashboard widget, like this, and add the loop with all fields you wish (you can use the core function loop), and implement post type and author fields.

@AkremBelkahla
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Thank you, that's exactly what i need !

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