Title: wp_dashboard_primary_control
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# wp_dashboard_primary_control()

## In this article

 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_dashboard_primary_control/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_dashboard_primary_control/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function has been deprecated since 3.8.0.

Deprecated dashboard primary control.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_dashboard_primary_control/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    function wp_dashboard_primary_control() {}
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php#L1296)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/deprecated.php#L1296-L1296)

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_dashboard_primary_control/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.8.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.8.0/) | Introduced. |

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