How to Create a Welcome Screen for Your Plugin

Written by Jean Galea
Written by Jean Galea
You might have noticed that when WordPress updates you will get a nice welcome screen highlighting the new features of the release. This same screen has also been employed by some plugins, such as WYSIJA and Easy Digital Downloads. I find it a great way to really make sure that users are aware of all the important features that have been introduced. This will lead to happier users and possibly fewer support requests.

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You might have noticed that when WordPress updates you will get a nice welcome screen highlighting the new features of the release.

This same screen has also been employed by some plugins, such as WYSIJA and Easy Digital Downloads.

I find it a great way to really make sure that users are aware of all the important features that have been introduced. This will lead to happier users and possibly fewer support requests.

Here’s how a welcome screen looks:

WP3.3-dashboard

Here’s the bbPress welcome screen:

bbpress

And the one used in the Easy Digital Downloads Plugin:

edd-welcome

And the one used by WYSIJA:

wysija

The one from WooCommerce:

WooCommerce welcome page

So how can we do the same for our theme or plugin? Here are some tutorials to help you out:

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Written by Jean Galea
Jean Galea is an investor, entrepreneur, and blogger. He is the founder of WP Mayor, the plugins WP RSS Aggregator and Spotlight, as well as the Mastermind.fm podcast. His personal blog can be found at jeangalea.com.

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