Widget Disable

Description

This simple plugin allows you to disable any sidebar and dashboard widget for the current WordPress site you are on. It provides a simple user interface available to users with edit_theme_options capabilities (usually Administrator role) available under Appearance -> Disable Widgets.
After saving the settings, the sidebar and dashboard widgets are removed from and the user can’t see those widgets anymore.

Developer? Get to know the hooks

Have a look at the filters we provide:

• wp_widget_disable_default_sidebar_widgets – Allows you to exclude certain sidebar widgets from being disabled.
• wp_widget_disable_default_dashboard_widgets – Allows you to exclude certain dashboard widgets from being disabled.

Contributions

If you would like to contribute to this plugin, report an issue or anything like that, please note that we develop this plugin on GitHub.

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Installation

Manual Installation

1. Upload the entire /wp-widget-disable directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Activate WP Widget Disable through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
3. Go to Appearance -> Disable Widgets to manage sidebar and dashboard widgets.

Reviews

Thank you

fightingships April 24, 2023

Thank you, a wonderful plugin, you can’t even imagine how happy I am that I found it

very useful

Daniel March 26, 2023

thank a lot.

so useful and nice plugin

mikhak February 11, 2023

thank you for this useful and nice plugin. H hope you continue and update that.

Amazing simple plugin

clariable October 7, 2022

I use this pretty much on all my sites, very easy way to get a small speed boost to the backend of the website. Thank you so much for the developer!

Awesome Plugin!!!

hlw777 July 11, 2022

Thanks for an awesome free plugin which speeds up my WP Admin a lot!!!

East, fast, works

Mimi February 8, 2021

Super easy way to speed up wp-admin by just disabling the useless dashboard widgets. A few clicks and my frustration level with the back end decreased 50%. Thanks!

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

3.0.1 – 2024-09-19

• Enhancement: Code cleanup, ensuring WordPress 6.6 compatibility.

3.0.0 – 2023-03-26

• Fixed: Replace use of jQuery to avoid deprecation warnings.
• Changed: Requires at least PHP 7.4 and WordPress 6.0.

2.1.0 – 2022-03-17

• Enhancement: Hide disabled sidebar widgets when widget block editor is enabled.
• Changed: Requires at least PHP 5.6 and WordPress 4.7.

2.0.0 – 2020-02-02

• New: Allows removal of the “Browse Happy” and “PHP Update Required” widgets in the dashboard to suppress remote API requests.

1.9.1 – 2019-03-11

• Enhancement: Cleanup and compatibility with WordPress 5.1.

1.9.0 – 2018-07-26

• Enhancement: Added Multisite support.
• Enhancement: Allows hiding the Try Gutenberg callout in WordPress 4.9.8.

For older versions see CHANGELOG.md.