Plugin info

Total downloads: 99,578
Active installs: 1,000
Total reviews: 13
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 2 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 12/3/2025 (28 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 7/25/2020 (5 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 5.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.9
Minimum PHP version: 5.7

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Actively maintained • Last updated 28 days ago • 13 reviews

72/100

Is Disable Welcome Messages and Tips abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 28 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 5.7

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Description

Hide Welcome Messages and Tips, and disable default full screen mode in the Gutenberg Block Editor

Installation

Please follow the standard installation procedure for WordPress plugins.

Follow this tutorial if you are not sure how to use the plugin.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why would I use this?

  • Useful if you already know your way around Gutenberg and you don’t want to see the popups.
  • Anther great use case is E2E testing. Just enable this plugin in your testing environment.

Review feed

Lee Hodson (VR51)
10/6/2020

Absolutely Perfect!

Thank you!

Screenshots

No screenshots available

Changelog

1.2 (2025-09-25)

  • Prevent JS error when wp.data is defined but wp.data.select(‘…’) is not

1.1 (2023-08-16)

  • Change jQuery(window).load(fn) to jQuery(window).on('load', fn) to meet latest jQuery standards and remove deprecation warnings in console.

1.0.9 (2022-01-27)

  • Change window.onload = fn to jQuery(window).load(fn) to avoid conflicts with plugins/themes overwriting window.onload

1.0.8 (2020-09-24)

  • Change window.onload = fn to jQuery(window).load(fn) to avoid conflicts with plugins/themes overwriting window.onload

1.0.7 (2020-09-24)

  • Get rid of JS warning

1.0.6 (2020-09-24)

  • Make sure that the Options modal and other modals still work.

1.0.5 (2020-07-29)

  • Test with WP 5.5

1.0.3 (2020-07-29)

  • Also disable full screen mode by default. Cause everybody hates full screen mode, right?

1.0.2 (2020-07-25)

  • Update style rules

1.0.1 (2020-07-25)

  • Real initial release

1.0.0 (2020-07-20)

  • Initial release