Customize the dashboard / welcome page

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Now that the admin panel is largely obfuscated and unpatchable, this can be achieved with a combination of @huylv177’s fantastic suggestion, along with custom middleware:

  1. Create a plugin as @huylv177 covered above
  2. Set up custom middleware:
File: src/middlewares/redirect.js
01: "use strict";
02: 
03: module.exports = (_config, { strapi }) => {
04:   const redirects = ["/", "/index.html", "/admin/"].map((path) => ({
05:     method: "GET",
06:     path,
07:     handler: (ctx) => ctx.redirect("/admin/plugins/[YOUR-PLUGIN-NAME]"),
08:     config: { auth: false },
09:   }));
10: 
11:   strapi.server.routes(redirects);
12: };
13:

*Note: “redirects” can be any name you want for the file and middleware itself.

  1. Use custom middleware:
File: config/middlewares.js
...
35:   "strapi::session",
36:   "strapi::favicon",
37:   "strapi::public",
38:   { resolve: "./src/middlewares/redirect" },
39: ];
40:

I found that while in develop mode, or clicking the “my-logo” link in the top left of admin panel, a refresh is needed for the route to kick in.

If anyone knows how to get around that last part, I would love an @!

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