Plugin Created By A 10 Year Old ![rw-book-cover]() 🔗 **Source:** [Plugin Created By A 10 Year Old](https://wptavern.com/plugin-created-by-a-10-year-old) > [!note]+ Document Notes > --- > tags: [plugins, jesse, youth, wordpress-plugin, wp-tavern-archive, wp-tavern-2012] > author: Jeff Chandler > source: WP Tavern > reference: https://wptavern.com/plugin-created-by-a-10-year-old > date created: 2026-04-17 13:04 > --- > # Plugin Created By A 10 Year Old > ## 📝 Summary > - A 10-year-old named Jesse Friedman created a WordPress plugin called Dashboard Site Preview that allows users to preview their website from the WordPress dashboard using an iframe widget. > - The achievement demonstrates the value of early coding education and community involvement, with Jesse having attended WordCamp Philly in 2011 before building the plugin. > - Jesse Friedman (jesseenterprises on WordPress.org) and Brad Williams are mentioned as key figures in this story. > - Young people learning to code and contribute to WordPress represents an encouraging trend in developer community growth. > ## 💬 Comments (0) > No comments. > --- Making the rounds on Twitter today is a WordPress plugin called [Dashboard Site Preview](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dashboard-site-preview/) that allows you to preview your website from the WordPress dashboard. The plugin was created by 10 year old, Jesse Friedman who goes by [jesseenterprises](http://profiles.wordpress.org/users/jesseenterprises/profile/public/) on WordPress.org. [According to Brad Williams](https://twitter.com/#!/williamsba/status/153874658972798976), this guy attended WordCamp Philly in 2011 and used what he learned at that event to create this plugin. Dashboard Site Preview adds a widget to your dashboard which is a simple iframe that shows you the front-end of the website. For widescreen monitors, you can maximize the use of the preview by setting the dashboard to display widgets in 1 column. [](https://www.wptavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/SiteDashboardPreview.png) Not quite sure if this will save time when compared to other methods such as displaying the front end within another browser tab or within a browser window on a secondary monitor. However, this plugin excels at being a great learning experience for Jesse. I don’t know about you but I think it’s very encouraging to see younger folks getting involved with coding. After all, Matt Mullenweg believes that [scripting is the new literacy](http://memeburn.com/2011/07/the-future-of-wordpress-qa-with-founder-matt-mullenweg/). Category: [Plugins](https://wptavern.com/category/plugins)Tags: [jesse](https://wptavern.com/tag/jesse), [Plugins](https://wptavern.com/tag/plugins), [youth](https://wptavern.com/tag/youth), Plugin Created By A 10 Year Old, Jeff Chandler, 01kpe6cnq78fw3ntcc3097ke1w.