Title: dashboard_primary_link
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘dashboard_primary_link’, string $link )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/dashboard_primary_link/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/dashboard_primary_link/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/dashboard_primary_link/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/dashboard_primary_link/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters the primary link URL for the ‘WordPress Events and News’ dashboard widget.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/dashboard_primary_link/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$link`string

The widget’s primary link URL.

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

    ```php
    'link'         => apply_filters( 'dashboard_primary_link', __( 'https://wordpress.org/news/' ) ),
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php#L1538)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php#L1538-L1538)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/dashboard_primary_link/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_dashboard_primary()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_dashboard_primary/)`wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php` |

‘WordPress Events and News’ dashboard widget.

  |

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

| Version | Description | 
| [2.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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