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Total downloads: 183,117

Active installs: 20,000

Total reviews: 23

Average rating: 4.8

Support threads opened: 0

Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)

Available in: 14 language(s)

Contributors: 10

Last updated: 11/18/2024 (408 days ago)

Added to WordPress: 4/23/2015 (10 years old)

Minimum WordPress version: 6.0

Tested up to WordPress version: 6.7.4

Minimum PHP version: 7.4

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 408 days ago • 23 reviews

30/100

Is Widget Disable abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 408 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 6.0

Tested up to: 6.7.4

Requires PHP: 7.4

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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

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

Frequently Asked Questions

None so far. But you can ask us any time on twitter!

Review feed

Karissa Skirmont

1/3/2018

Wow, didn't realize how much I needed this

I've been getting annoyance on the growing amount of default widgets (I'm looking at you JetPack) but didn't realize there was an easy way to get rid of them till someone linked this in one of the WP FB groups. Removed 27 of them. Dang, I think that's pretty invasive! Thanks for making this possible.

Screenshots

Disable the sidebar widgets you don’t need.
Even disable unused dashboard widgets.
The simplified widgets overview.
The stripped-down dashboard.

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.