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/*
    Purpose: Remove Wordpress Update Message under Admin Bar(Top Menu Bar)
    Version Tested: 3.6
    Reference: 
    http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-hide-the-wordpress-upgrade-message-in-the-dashboard/
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/admin_notices
*/

function wp_custom_admin_hide_update() {
    remove_action( 'admin_notices', 'update_nag', 3 );

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/*
    Purpose: Remove edit field in post edit page, example is "title" and "editor"
    Version Tested: 3.8
    Original Reference: 
    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-title-and-edit-box-from-edit-post-screen?replies=6
*/

function wp_remove_input_field()
{
     remove_post_type_support('post', 'title');

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/*
    Purpose: Disable metabox dragging order save to DB
    Version Tested: 3.8
    Original Reference: 
    1 http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/2025/removing-metabox-for-slug-without-removing-functionality
    2 http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/2474/disable-dragging-of-meta-boxes
    3 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3399851/how-do-i-stop-wordpress-dashboard-widgets-from-being-dragged/3477209#3477209
*/

function wp_prevent_meta_box_order_save($action)

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/*
    Purpose: modify text, it modify the output from the translated text pool
    Version Tested: 3.8
    Original Reference: 
    http://botcrawl.com/how-to-change-the-posts-menu-title-to-articles-in-the-wordpress-dashboard/
*/


function change_post_to_article($translated) {
   $translated = str_ireplace('Post', 'Article', $translated);

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/*
   Version Tested: 3.6, 3.8
*/

/* Display custom column */
function display_posts_stickiness( $column, $post_id ) {
    the_author();
}
add_action( 'manage_posts_custom_column' , 'display_posts_stickiness', 10, 2 );

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/*
    Purpose: add custom column header and custom column content to respective custom header in Manage Category Editing Page
    Version Tested: 3.8
    
    Story:
    Because I found no explanation nor documents in Wordpress.org, I tried to trace the code in wp-admin folder
    after understanding the operation of apply_filter(), add_action() and add_filter()
    
    Logic:
    The table list in edit_tag.php is based on 

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/*
	top admin toolbar aka admin bar
	remove unnecessary admin toolbar items
	Version Tested: 3.6, 3.8
	Reference:
	http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/47824/modify-admin-bar-link
*/
function custom_admin_bar_link() {
	global $wp_admin_bar;

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Reset positions of metaboxes in admin
SELECT * 
FROM  `wp_usermeta` 
WHERE  `user_id` =1
AND  `meta_key` LIKE  '%meta-box%'

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#Select desired table and create "drop table" command for the them

SELECT CONCAT( 'DROP TABLE ', GROUP_CONCAT(table_name) , ';' )
AS statement FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = 'SCHEMA_NAME' and table_name LIKE 'SOMETHING%';

Then copy and paste the result to use.
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/*
	Custom admin dashboard
	remove unnecessary admin dashboard panel
	remove welcome panel
	remove help tab
	remove screen optons tab
	remove color scheme picker
	redirect after login
	add custom widgets
	with capabilities check example