PVD User Dashboard

Give your customers a central dashboard for managing their downloads, licenses, transactions and much more.

Active 1.0.1 28 KB updated: 04/01/2026 8:41 AM

PVD User Dashboard provides a modern, block-based front-end dashboard for WordPress users – built for Full Site Editing (FSE) themes and the Block Editor.

Instead of relying on legacy "account shortcodes" and hard-coded templates, this plugin uses a dynamic block + a PHP template so you can:

Create a dedicated front-end dashboard page (default: /dashboard/)
Edit the dashboard page like any other WordPress page (Block Editor)
Toggle optional modules on/off
Keep front-end output lightweight (assets load only when the dashboard block is present)
Provide an inbox-like Messages experience with auditable data storage (CPT-based)

Modules

Always enabled:

Profile
Messages

Optional (toggle in Settings �' PVD User Dashboard �' Modules):

Orders (Easy Digital Downloads integration)
Downloads & Licenses (integration point)
Tables (integration point)
Like & Save (integration point)

Upload the pvd-user-dashboard folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the WordPress "Plugins" menu.
On activation, a page titled "User Dashboard" (slug: dashboard) will be created if it does not already exist.
(Optional) Enable/disable modules in:

Settings �' PVD User Dashboard �' Modules

Features

Block-based dashboard (FSE-friendly)

The dashboard UI is rendered via the pvd-user-dashboard/dashboard-content block.
The plugin will auto-create a "User Dashboard" page on activation (if one does not already exist).

Orders (Easy Digital Downloads)

The Orders module provides a dashboard-native order history UI using EDD data.

Key points:

Pagination works correctly inside a dashboard tab/panel (no broken /dashboard/page/2/ routes)
Pagination is progressive enhanced:
With JavaScript: loads in-place via AJAX (no full page reload)
Without JavaScript: uses query-string links like: /dashboard/?orders_page=2#my-orders
Includes a per-order "See order details" link (EDD receipt URL where available)

Shortcode:

[pvd_order_history]
Optional attribute:
[pvd_order_history per_page="25"]

Note: The dashboard template uses this shortcode. You can adjust per_page in the template (or wherever you place the shortcode) without adding new admin settings.

Messages (Inbox UX)

Messages are stored as a CPT (user_msg) so admins can create and manage messages in wp-admin while users read them on the front-end.

Front-end UX:

Messages nav badge count (new since last read)

Dashboard page

Default location:

/dashboard/

The dashboard page content contains:

<!– wp:pvd-user-dashboard/dashboard-content /–>

You can move this block to a different page if you want. The plugin will still only enqueue its CSS/JS on pages containing that block.

Orders (Shortcode)

You can use the Orders shortcode in other places (not only the dashboard), but it is specifically built to behave correctly inside a "tabbed panel" layout.

Examples: