{"id":15662,"date":"2018-08-13T10:14:32","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T10:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=15662"},"modified":"2025-12-05T22:33:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:33:40","slug":"custom-dashboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/custom-dashboard\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Custom WordPress Dashboard for Your Clients"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15662\" class=\"elementor elementor-15662\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3210478b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3210478b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6979fcae\" data-id=\"6979fcae\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-768deb76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"768deb76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As someone who uses WordPress all the time, you know the WordPress dashboard like the back of your hand.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your clients? Probably not so much, that&#8217;s why they hired you!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To help them get the most from their site, as well as to add a nice personalized touch to the product that you deliver, you can create a custom WordPress dashboard for them.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And in this post, I&#8217;m going to show you how to do that using easy visual drag-and-drop editing with Elementor.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-851ba1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"851ba1c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a085f93\" data-id=\"a085f93\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7479c870 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7479c870\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why You Should Take the Time to Create a Custom Dashboard for Your Clients\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5738cf9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5738cf9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creating a custom client dashboard helps both you and your client.<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It&#8217;s a win-win.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can use your custom dashboard to display:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A welcome message<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Basic instructions to help clients use their new site<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Answers to common FAQs<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tutorial videos<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A contact form, in case your client needs help<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">News, like updating them on the impending Gutenberg editor<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By using elements like those above, you&#8217;re able to create a more personalized experience that helps your client navigate relevant areas of the dashboard without running into issues. So that&#8217;s the benefit to them.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now here&#8217;s how it benefits you:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">By going the extra mile and providing that added information, you can save yourself from taking the time to answer emails or phone calls from your client about how to use their site.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">See? It&#8217;s good for them <\/span><b>and<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> good for you.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, how do you do it?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a8b4c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a8b4c1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d20ba7\" data-id=\"5d20ba7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34ee7a7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34ee7a7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Create a Custom WordPress Dashboard With Elementor<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-163ea137 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"163ea137\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Good news, you don&#8217;t need to learn some separate WordPress custom dashboard plugin interface. You can actually build your client a custom dashboard using the same Elementor interface that you&#8217;re already familiar with.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All you need is the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/powerpackelements.com\/dashboard-welcome-elementor\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">free Dashboard Welcome for Elementor plugin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from IdeaBox Creations, the same team behind <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/powerpackelements.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PowerPack for Elementor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beyond integrating with Elementor, the nice thing about this plugin is that you can create different dashboards for different user roles.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For example, you could show one dashboard to your client, and another to your client&#8217;s content editors or store managers.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Below, I&#8217;ll show you step-by-step how you can get started &#8211; just make sure you have the Dashboard Welcome for Elementor plugin installed and activated alongside Elementor. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This plugin will work with both Elementor and Elementor Pro.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-387594 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"387594\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f860f79\" data-id=\"3f860f79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d082849 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d082849\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 1: Create a New Elementor Template<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a7c02a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a7c02a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To get started, create a regular Elementor <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/library\/all-categories\/\"   title=\"Alle categorie\u00ebn\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26845\">template<\/a> by going to <\/span><b>Elementor \u2192 My Templates \u2192 Add New<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in your WordPress dashboard:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5491fa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5491fa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=378\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-1-1024x484.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15673\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-1-1024x484.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-1-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-1-768x363.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1264\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-1.png 1264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20ced0ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20ced0ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On the New Template screen, select <\/span><b>Page <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">from the drop-down and then give your template a name. The name isn&#8217;t especially important &#8211; just make it something that&#8217;s easy to remember. &#8220;Client Dashboard&#8221; is always a good option:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d12f735 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d12f735\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=393\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-2-1024x503.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15677\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-2-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-2-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-2-768x378.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1322\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-2.png 1322w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-167b7cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"167b7cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then, click on <\/span><b>Create Template<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to continue.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5e21d6fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5e21d6fa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1cb4b8f6\" data-id=\"1cb4b8f6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ddb4f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ddb4f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 2: Change to the Elementor Canvas Template<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-740f27e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"740f27e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because you&#8217;re creating a design for your client&#8217;s back-end WordPress dashboard, you definitely don&#8217;t want your theme&#8217;s header and sidebar appearing in your final design!<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To get around that, choose the Elementor Canvas template by clicking the gear icon in the bottom-left corner of the Elementor interface and then selecting <\/span><b>Elementor Canvas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from the <\/span><b>Page Layout<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> drop-down:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fa762d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5fa762d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"492\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=492\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-3-1024x630.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15679\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-3-1024x630.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-3-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-3-768x473.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1297\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-3.png 1297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5375f1a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5375f1a6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b1a7896\" data-id=\"6b1a7896\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11768a63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"11768a63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 3: Design Your Custom Client Dashboard<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a142b63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a142b63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, for the fun part &#8211; it&#8217;s time to actually design your client&#8217;s dashboard using Elementor.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Because you have free reign over <\/span><a href=\"\/help\/how-to-use-elementor\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the regular Elementor interface<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, there are no rules and restrictions about how your custom dashboard page should look. That is, you can use all the Elementor widgets, set up sections and columns, etc.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With that being said &#8211; remember that this is still going to sit inside the regular WordPress dashboard, so you don&#8217;t want to get<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> too crazy<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Some good rules of thumb are:<\/span><\/p><p><b>Use 2-3 columns in most spots<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The normal WordPress dashboard uses 2-3 columns for most screen resolutions, so this way your custom dashboard fits right into the existing design.<\/span><\/b><\/p><ul><li>Avoid <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/text-bold\/\"   title=\"How to Make Text Bold in HTML &#038; CSS\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"26846\">bold<\/a> backgrounds<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. While a splash of color here and there is fine, using lots of bold colors will clash with the rest of the WordPress dashboard. Remember &#8211; regular dashboard widgets have black text and a white background &#8211; nothing too crazy!<\/span><\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Remember white space<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The default WordPress dashboard usually includes plenty of white space, especially on larger screen resolutions. Try to keep that principle in your custom dashboard design.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Here&#8217;s an example of how you might want to do it:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68748de elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"68748de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=422\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-4-1024x540.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15681\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-4-1024x540.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-4-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-4-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1580\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-4.png 1580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd0badc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd0badc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This example includes:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A welcome message\/basic instructions on the left<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A working contact form on the right, along with some social icons<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Three playable videos, which you could use for tutorials<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once you&#8217;re happy with how your dashboard looks, go ahead and <\/span><b>Publish <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">it.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d620720 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d620720\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3393da43\" data-id=\"3393da43\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1cd0d780 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1cd0d780\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 4: Enable Elementor Template as Custom Client Dashboard<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e2e5b4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e2e5b4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now that you have your finished dashboard template, all that&#8217;s left is to actually make that template display for your clients.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To do that, head back to the WordPress dashboard and go to <\/span><b>Settings \u2192 Dashboard Welcome Elementor.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the user roles that you want to target, use the <\/span><b>Select Template<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> drop-down to choose the template that you just created. For example, if you&#8217;re planning to give your client an <\/span><b>Administrator<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> account, you&#8217;d select that role:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52c075b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"52c075b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=429\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-5-1024x549.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15695\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-5-1024x549.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-5-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-5-768x412.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1185\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-5.png 1185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6400ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a6400ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can also choose whether or not your dashboard screen <\/span><b>Is Dismissible<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. I&#8217;ll show you an image of how each option works, but in general:<\/span><\/p><ul><li><b>When the box is unchecked<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8230; your custom dashboard will <\/span>always <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">be there. The user cannot get rid of it unless they access the Screen Options area.<\/span><\/b><\/li><li><b>When the box is checked&#8230;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> users can click on <\/span>Dismiss<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the top-right corner to dismiss the dashboard (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">this makes a good option for one-time welcome screens<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once you&#8217;re finished, make sure to click <\/span><b>Save Changes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at the bottom.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, when your client logs in or visits the main Dashboard, they&#8217;ll see your custom dashboard at the top (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the other WordPress dashboard widgets are still there &#8211; they&#8217;re just pushed down the screen<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">):<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29c48ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"29c48ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=541\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-6-1024x692.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15696\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-6-1024x692.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-6-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-6-768x519.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1176\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-6.png 1176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d463fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d463fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wondering how it works if you check the <\/span><b>Is Dismissible? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">box? Well, everything looks exactly the same, except you get a new <\/span><b>Dismiss<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> option in the top-right corner that your client can use to dismiss the dashboard once they&#8217;re finished with it:<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c45de5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4c45de5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=538\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-7-1024x688.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15697\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-7-1024x688.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-7-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-7-768x516.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1180\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-7.png 1180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e32c1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e32c1c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0407881\" data-id=\"0407881\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faa2ef2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"faa2ef2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 5: Repeat (If Needed)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a29f05f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a29f05f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you want to create different dashboards for different user roles, all you need to do is go back and repeat the process for each user role that you want to create a dashboard for.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That is:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Create a new Elementor template<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Design your alternate dashboard<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Assign that dashboard to another user role<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6039a8a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6039a8a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c221d3d\" data-id=\"c221d3d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e74a45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e74a45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Productivity Tip: Export Your Client Dashboard Template for Easy Reuse Later<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01bdd7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01bdd7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you build a lot of sites for clients, here&#8217;s a neat way to speed up the process:<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instead of building a dashboard from scratch for every single client, you can create a base dashboard template, export it, and use it as the starter dashboard template for all your client sites.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then, whenever you build a new site, all you need to do is:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Import that template<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tweak it to add some personalization<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Install the Dashboard Welcome for Elementor plugin and assign that template to the relevant user role(s)<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1IOOXakXQkE\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Watch the full video tutorial for importing\/exporting Elementor templates here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-443df7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"443df7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=371\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-7-1-1024x475.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15700\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1024\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-7-1-1024x475.png 1024w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-7-1-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-7-1-768x356.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=1477\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/custom-wordpress-dashboard-clients-elementor-7-1.png 1477w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa18ed7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fa18ed7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you do it this way, it should only take you a couple of minutes to create a custom client dashboard going forward.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ed12f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ed12f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Updating Your Client's Dashboard is an Ongoing Process\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-853147c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"853147c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes! 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