Dashy for FluentCart: Updates, Compatibility and Frequently Asked Questions
Dashy for FluentCart is a free WordPress plugin that extends the FluentCart customer account dashboard using FluentCart’s native dashboard tab API.
This article explains how the plugin works, which features it supports, and how updates are delivered.
How Does Dashy for FluentCart Work?
Dashy for FluentCart acts as a user-friendly interface for FluentCart’s existing dashboard tab API.
Rather than building a separate customer dashboard or requiring custom PHP code, Dashy provides an easy way to configure additional tabs using the WordPress admin area.
The plugin handles the configuration and registration of your custom tabs through FluentCart’s native functionality.
This means your custom tabs appear alongside the existing FluentCart dashboard navigation items.
What Features Are Supported?
Dashy for FluentCart supports:
- Adding custom tabs to the FluentCart customer account dashboard.
- Giving each tab its own name.
- Selecting SVG icons for custom tabs.
- Matching icon colours to the existing dashboard.
- Displaying WordPress shortcodes.
- Displaying existing WordPress pages and posts.
- Displaying supported custom post type content.
- Positioning custom tabs after selected existing navigation items.
- Editing and removing custom tabs.
- Automatic plugin updates through WordPress.
Dashy does not impose its own fixed tab limit. Any underlying limitations are determined by FluentCart’s native API.
How Are Plugin Updates Delivered?
Dashy for FluentCart supports normal WordPress plugin updates, even though it isn’t distributed through the WordPress.org plugin directory.
The plugin uses UUPD (Universal Updater for WordPress) to provide updates directly from its GitHub repository.
This means you don’t need to regularly visit GitHub, download a new ZIP file, and manually reinstall the plugin whenever a new version becomes available.
How UUPD Works
UUPD is an open-source update framework for WordPress plugins and themes.
It allows developers to distribute updates independently of the WordPress.org plugin directory while still integrating with WordPress’s existing plugin update system.
For Dashy for FluentCart, new versions are delivered directly from the plugin’s GitHub repository using UUPD.
You can find out more about UUPD at: UUPD.UK
How Do I Update Dashy for FluentCart?
You update Dashy just like a normal WordPress plugin.
Manually Installing an Available Update
- Log in to your WordPress admin dashboard.
- Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins.
- Find Dashy for FluentCart.
- If a new version is available, WordPress will display an update notification.
- Click Update now.
WordPress will download and install the available update using Dashy’s built-in updater.
Enabling Automatic Updates
You can also let WordPress handle updates automatically.
- Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins.
- Find Dashy for FluentCart.
- Click Enable auto-updates, if automatic updates are not already enabled.
With automatic updates enabled, WordPress can install new versions when they become available, using its normal automatic update process.
Important: UUPD provides the update information and package. WordPress manages the update installation and automatic update scheduling.
Do I Need to Install UUPD Separately?
No.
Dashy for FluentCart integrates the UUPD update functionality into the plugin itself.
There is no need to install another WordPress plugin or register an account with UUPD.
Why Isn’t Dashy Updated Through WordPress.org?
Dashy for FluentCart is distributed independently rather than through the official WordPress plugin directory.
However, this doesn’t stop it from using WordPress’s standard plugin update interface.
UUPD bridges that gap by allowing WordPress to check the plugin’s own update source and install new releases.
From a site administrator’s perspective, updating Dashy works much like updating any other WordPress plugin.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Dashy for FluentCart free?
Yes. Dashy for FluentCart is a free plugin.
Does Dashy replace the FluentCart customer dashboard?
No. It extends the existing customer account dashboard by adding extra navigation tabs.
Can I add a request-a-quote form?
Yes, provided your chosen quotation plugin supplies a compatible shortcode. Dashy can display that shortcode inside a custom dashboard tab.
Can I display content from an existing WordPress page?
Yes. Dashy supports pages, posts, and custom post types as content sources.
Can I choose where a tab appears?
Yes. You can position your custom tabs after selected existing FluentCart navigation items, such as Purchase History.
Can I make my icons match FluentCart?
Yes. Enable the dashboard colours option when configuring your tab.
Is there a maximum number of tabs?
Dashy doesn’t impose a fixed limit of its own. Any applicable limits are determined by FluentCart’s API.
Does Dashy support automatic updates?
Yes. Dashy uses the UUPD updater to deliver new versions through WordPress’s standard plugin update system.
Do I need to download each new version from GitHub?
No. Once Dashy is installed, updates are handled through WordPress. You can also enable WordPress automatic updates.
Do I need a UUPD account?
No. UUPD doesn’t require an account or separate subscription.
Further Information
For more information about how independent WordPress plugin updates work, visit UUPD — Universal Updater for WordPress.
For instructions on creating and managing your custom customer dashboard tabs, see our guide: How to Add Custom Tabs to the FluentCart Customer Dashboard.