Do you want to clean up the WordPress admin dashboard by removing unnecessary widgets? By default, WordPress adds several widgets to the backend dashboard. While these can be useful, they’re not always relevant for every user. So, disabling them can create a cleaner and more focused admin area.
With the Nexter Extension (Free) plugin, you can easily disable the dashboard widgets in your WordPress site.
Hide Dashboard Widgets with Screen Options
WordPress does give an option to hide the dashboard widgets from the Screen Options panel. You can simply uncheck the widgets you want to hide.
While this is an easy option but it doesn’t hide the widgets for all users; every user has to manually do this in their account.
How to Disable Dashboard Widgets with the Nexter Extension?
You can disable the dashboard widgets for all users at once with Nexter Extension.
To do that from the WordPress Dashboard, go to Nexter Extension > Admin Interface.
Then go to the Disable Admin Settings section, enable the toggle, and click on the gear icon (⚙).
It will open the Disable Admin Settings popup.
Here you’ll find six dashboard widget-related options.
Dashboard Activity – This will hide the Activity widget.
At a Glance – This will hide the At a Glance widget.
Quick Draft – This will hide the Quick Draft widget.
Site Health Status – This will hide the Site Health Status widget.
WooCommerce Setup – This will hide the WooCommerce Setup widget (if you have WooCommerce installed).
WordPress Events and News – This will hide the WordPress Events and News widget.
Enable the toggles for the widgets you want to disable, then click on the Save button.
Now, those dashboard widgets will be disabled for all users.
