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    James D
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    Hello All,

    I’m not positive, but I think since version 8, of the PremiumPress responsive themes, the WP admin Dashboard link started being hidden, Personally, I use and like the button. 🙂

    Perhaps it’ll return in a future version, but until then I’ve been using a plugin I made awhile back. So, if you’re the type that misses the link and would like to have it added back then keep reading.

    This plugin is very minimal and only serves the one purpose… to always keep the Dasboard menu link viewable in WP admin.

    All one needs to do is install the plugin and activate. No messing with ‘_functions.php’ or any other files. Quick and easy to implement.

    The plugin:

    1. Download the file
    2. install it using the method you typically use to install plugins (i.e. whether ftp, wp admin panel… etc).
    3. Go to the WP Plugins page and activate it.

    Once activated the link will always be displayed in the admin area until the plugin is deactivated. That’s it!.

    This is something that can be accomplished various way, but would require one to have such knowledge or would need to modify at least one file manually.

    And here’s the actual plugin file contents for those self-doers out there:

    <?php
    /** Kill direct call attempts */
    defined ( 'ABSPATH' ) or die ( "Cannot access pages directly ." );
    /**
    * @package CPhix PinDash
    *
    * **********************
    * File: /wp-content/plugins/cphix_pindash/pindash.php
    *
    * Plugin Name: [CPHIX] - PinDash
    * Description: Will keep the Dashboard menu link while using a PremiumPress Theme.
    * Version: 1.0.0
    * Author: JamesD
    * License: GPL2
    * License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
    * Text Domain: cphix-pindash
    * Domain Path:
    * Created: January 20, 2017
    * Last Modified: March 07, 2017
    * **********************
    License: GPL2

    Copyright 2016-2017 JamesD

    Portions of this program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as published
    by the Free Software Foundation.

    Portions of this program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
    WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
    details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
    this program; if not, write to:
    Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
    * **********************/
    /**
    * Enqueue required style for dashboard menu
    * @param void
    * @return void
    */
    function pindash_admin_print_styles() {
    if ( current_user_can('activate_plugins') == true ) {
    if(wp_style_is('wlt_admin_styles'))
    wp_add_inline_style( 'wlt_admin_styles', '#adminmenu #menu-dashboard { display: list-item; }' );
    } else {
    if ( is_plugin_active('cphix_pindash/' . basename( __FILE__ ) ) )
    deactivate_plugins( 'cphix_pindash/' . basename( __FILE__ ) );
    }
    }
    add_action('admin_print_styles', 'pindash_admin_print_styles');

    Feel free to try it, modify as needed or whatever.

    Note: I have NOT tested this with a multi-site setup yet. It should be a quick fix if there was a problem. It’s been tested with WP 4.7+ and PP themes v8.6+.

    Hope some will find this helpful.

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    March 8, 2017 at 5:00 am
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    March 8, 2017 at 5:21 am
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