Milan Dinić

This plugin automatically disables WordPress Events and News widget from the dashboard. By removing, you also prevent all external requests widgets makes so that it can work.
It is a very lightweight, it has no settings, just activate it and it works immediately.
And it’s on <a href="https://github.com/dimadin/disable-wordpress-events-and-news-dashboard-widget" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>.

Disable WordPress Events and News Dashboard Widget

Disable WordPress Events and News widget from the dashboard.

Morten Dalgaard Johansen

Enable regulare widgets to be used as Dashboard Widgets in admin.
This plugin adds a new widget area to the Appearance -> Widgets section in WordPress admin, from where you can add regulare widgets to the WordPress admin dashboard.
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Dashboard Widget Sidebar

Enable regulare widgets to be used as Dashboard Widgets in admin.

Disable WordPress Events and News Dashboard Widget vs Dashboard Widget Sidebar