DEV Feedback & Question

Hey! Happy to see you again and always happy to hear good feedback. We have many improvements planned so it will only get better.

To answer your questions:

• Currently, the positions are fixed when Dashify’s admin menu is enabled. I tried changing them with Admin Menu Editor, but they did not move. However, because Dashify’s admin menu uses the same core WordPress functionality to create the menu, making it compatible should be doable. We’ll look into this soon.
• Correct—the restyled product list will be released within a week. We’re holding off on the product edit page at the moment because WooCommerce is in the process of redesigning it too. We want to see what feedback users have about the new default product editor so we can improve it. At the same time, having a consistent look is important so that when anyone uses Dashify in the future, the design will look familiar across the whole admin. So it’s likely we will redesign it, but other things will come first.
• Yes, if you’re talking about a kind of “summary home page” with key numbers, graphs, and quick information. I am curious, what information would be most helpful for you?

Hi,

thank you for your response.

• Cool. Since I’m using the Admin Menu Editor not just to rearrange items but also to disable/hide them, it would be great if you could stick to the standard setup. Or at least provide the option to deactivate your override while keeping the styling, because I really like your sidebar redesign.
• Sounds plausible to me to wait for the product page redesign by Woo. Regarding the overall redesign, to be honest, this is the most exciting feature for me.
• Sure. Here is my list of dashboard cards showing the following info:
  • Key Numbers: Total Sale, Net Sales, Number of Total Orders, Number of Products Sold
  • Graph: Sales Performance by days/weeks
  • Info lists/tables: Top Customers by sales, Top Products, Top Categories,
• I think it also makes sense to support the subscription plugin by Woo with dedicated cards on the dashboard:
  • Key Numbers: Monthly recurring revenue, Annual recurring revenue, Number of Churns, Number of active subscriptions

Thank you. Cheers!

Great, thanks for the details!

Here are some quick updates, some of which are now on the Dashify roadmap:

• Other people have mentioned Admin Menu Editor, so that’s now something we’re about to work on. It will probably function like this: if Admin Menu Editor is enabled, we’ll use the ordering and items from there, since it is likely the user wants to keep their custom menu.
• Got it. A restyling of the existing product editor is something we can do then, as a uniform style would be a better experience, even if WooCommerce does have its new editor in beta.

I have a further question about a dashboard with those numbers. Currently, much of that and more is available through the WooCommerce home page and WooCommerce analytics pages. One thing, however, that I don’t see is subscriptions analytics, which I think would be valuable for us to add.

My question is, since much of the data is already there (on analytics home you can get numbers, graphs, and top customers/products), what aspect of a custom overview dashboard would be most valuable to you? Would it be the uniform appearance/redesign around it, or something else?

Just wanted to let you know that as of Dashify 1.3.4, it’s compatible with Admin Menu Editor! If there is any special configuration you have in Admin Menu Editor that doesn’t work, feel free to send a message.