wordpress : RSS Dashboard Widget

rss-dashboard-widget

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: RSS Dashboard Widget Example Plugin
Plugin URI: http://example.com/wordpress-plugins/my-plugin
Description: A plugin to create dashboard widgets in WordPress
Version: 1.0
Author: Brad Williams
Author URI: http://wrox.com
License: GPLv2
*/
add_action( 'wp_dashboard_setup', 'boj_dashboard_example_widgets' );
function boj_dashboard_example_widgets() {
//create a custom dashboard widget
wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_custom_feed', 'My Plugin Information',
	'boj_dashboard_example_display', 'boj_dashboard_example_setup' );
}
function boj_dashboard_example_setup() {
	//check if option is set before saving
	if ( isset( $_POST['boj_rss_feed'] ) ) {
		//retrieve the option value from the form
		$boj_rss_feed = esc_url_raw( $_POST['boj_rss_feed'] );
		//save the value as an option
		update_option( 'boj_dashboard_widget_rss', $boj_rss_feed );
	}
	//load the saved feed if it exists
	$boj_rss_feed = get_option( 'boj_dashboard_widget_rss ');
	?>
	<label for='feed'>
	RSS Feed URL: <input type='text' name='boj_rss_feed' id='boj_rss_feed'
	value=' <?php echo esc_url( $boj_rss_feed ); ?> ' size='50' />
	</label>
	<?php
}
function boj_dashboard_example_display()
{
	//load our widget option
	$boj_option = get_option( 'boj_dashboard_widget_rss ');
	//if option is empty set a default
	$boj_rss_feed = ( $boj_option ) ? $boj_option : 'http://wordpress.org/news/feed/';
	//retrieve the RSS feed and display it
	echo ' <div class="rss-widget"> ';
	wp_widget_rss_output( array(
		'url' => $boj_rss_feed,
		'title' => 'RSS Feed News',
		'items' => 2,
		'show_summary' => 1,
		'show_author' => 0,
		'show_date' => 1
	) );
	echo ' </div> ';
}
?>