tmatsuur

<p>This plug-in can update sidebar widgets on dashboard. This is suitable for your WordPress which updates a few widgets frequently.</p>
<h4>Some features:</h4>
<ul>
<li>You can add some sidebar widgets to dashboard.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Support</h4>
<ul>
<li>Japanese – http://elearn.jp/wpman/column/widgets-on-dashboard.html</li>
</ul>
<h4>Translators</h4>
<ul>
<li>Japanese(ja) – <a href="http://12net.jp/" rel="nofollow ugc">Takenori Matsuura</a></li>
</ul>
<p>You can send your own language pack to me.</p>
<p>Please contact to me.</p>
<ul>
<li>http://12net.jp/ (ja)</li>
<li>@tmatsuur on twitter.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Contributors</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://12net.jp/" rel="nofollow ugc">Takenori Matsuura</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>This plug-in is not guaranteed though the user of WordPress can freely use this plug-in free of charge regardless of the purpose.<br />
The author must acknowledge the thing that the operation guarantee and the support in this plug-in use are not done at all beforehand.</p>
<h3>Contact</h3>
<p>email to takenori.matsuura[at]gmail.com<br />
twitter @tmatsuur</p>


Widgets on dashboard

Polygon Themes

Eusebiu Oprinoiu

<p>The option to change the number of columns of the main WordPress Dashboard was removed in WordPress 3.8 in favor of a more dynamic/responsive approach. For most people, this change is great because it simplifies the UI. But for those who like more control over how their admin dashboard looks like, this feels restrictive.</p>
<p>With the help of Dashboard Columns you can now easily change the number of columns in your admin dashboard. By selecting your preferred layout from the Screen Options menu you can now better customize the look and feel of your widgets. And all that without compromising the responsive UI:</p>
<ul>
<li>On large screens you have the option to choose between 1, 2, 3 or 4 columns</li>
<li>On medium screens you have the option to choose between 1 or 2 columns</li>
<li>On small screens everything is displayed using 1 column</li>
</ul>
<p>This plugin doesn’t have an options page. Just set it and forget it!</p>


Dashboard Columns

To paraphrase The Smiths, some widgets are bigger than others. This plugin lets them spread out. Well done!

Works perfectly!

Easily change the number of dashboard columns from Screen Options.

Widgets on dashboard vs Dashboard Columns