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WordPress Web Application Development

By : Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake
Book Image

WordPress Web Application Development

By: Rakhitha Nimesh Ratnayake

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
WordPress Web Application Development Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

The responsive nature of the admin dashboard


The responsive design has become one of the major trends in web application development with an increase in the usage of mobile-based devices. Responsive applications are built using stylesheets that adapt to various screen resolutions with the help of media queries. Fortunately, the WordPress admin dashboard is responsive by default, and hence, we can make responsive backends without major implementations.

Let's consider the following screenshot of an admin dashboard in its default resolution to understand its responsive nature:

Now, let's preview the mobile version of the same screen using the following screenshot:

With the low screen resolution, the theme has made adjustments to keep the responsiveness by minimizing the main navigation menu and increasing the size of the dashboard widgets. This is an example of the responsive nature of the WordPress admin section. Try other screens to get an idea of how elements are adjusted to keep the responsive...