Title: Widget Disable Author: required Published: 23 Avril 2015 Last modified: 18 November 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-widget-disable/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2047957) ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-widget-disable/assets/icon.svg?rev=2887101) # Widget Disable By [required](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wearerequired/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-widget-disable.3.0.1.zip) [Live Preview](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/?preview=1) * [Details](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/#description) * [Reviews](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/#reviews) * [Installation](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/#installation) * [Development](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-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](https://github.com/wearerequired/WP-Widget-Disable). Developed by [required](https://required.com/) ## Screenshots * [[ * Disable the sidebar widgets you don’t need. * [[ * Even disable unused dashboard widgets. * [[ * The simplified widgets overview. * [[ * The stripped-down dashboard. ## 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 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/69b74a8b449201f3e9e4c562803d8ede0bb97bd5ad04af631f12d6a7cac673ea? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It does exactly what it says in the tin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-does-exactly-what-it-says-in-the-tin-22/)󠁿 [danielepais](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danielepais/) 26 Fevrer 2026 Does the job right and removes the pesky and somewhat useless widgets from the admin dashboard for all users. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d0c94f51e381d0b3d9247ba3e2acec3d2348115cc029d65d2374397d543a65be? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not working on Storefront theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-on-storefront-theme/)󠁿 [webfluid](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webfluid/) 02 Sgiugn 2025 I tried this plugin to disable the widget section on the storefront theme. But unfortunately it doesnt work. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/98484550916e6b28a917f305d2658587c04517a1a858abf0d0d4fd38dd8721b9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Quick and easy fix to admin dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-and-easy-fix-to-admin-dashboard/)󠁿 [twohills](https://profiles.wordpress.org/twohills/) 15 Sginer 2025 Admin dashboard was way too slow recently. Installed this and disabled widgets, found the culprit(s) quickly. Nice. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5a9da5140753d5d31a48b13fcc17108b820e01a1e9f813d8aa350cfa42fedb2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Thank you](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thank-you-3355/)󠁿 [fightingships](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fightingships/) 24 Avril 2023 Thank you, a wonderful plugin, you can’t even imagine how happy I am that I found it ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c7229529f9a6b40a35655dfd271146c079a81154f3c24bd6d5444492e494a5d4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[very useful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-3241/)󠁿 [Daniel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dhoffmann/) 26 Marz 2023 thank a lot. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/67978b20f4c211b86b39bff9323d7db6e8b2b3df0c64dd6c0456b3d656901e66? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[so useful and nice plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/so-useful-and-nice-plugin/)󠁿 [mikhak](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mikhak/) 11 Fevrer 2023 thank you for this useful and nice plugin. H hope you continue and update that. [ Read all 24 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Widget Disable” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ required ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wearerequired/) * [ Silvan Hagen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/neverything/) * [ Pascal Birchler ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/swissspidy/) * [ Dominik Schilling ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90/) * [ Ulrich ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/grapplerulrich/) * [ Stefan Pasch ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hubersen/) “Widget Disable” has been translated into 11 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-widget-disable/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Widget Disable” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-widget-disable) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-widget-disable/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-widget-disable/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-widget-disable/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-widget-disable/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## 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. ## Meta * Version **3.0.1** * Last updated **1 year ago** * Active installations **10'000+** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.7.5** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Languages * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), [Dutch (Belgium)](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), [German (Austria)](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), [German (Switzerland)](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), [Persian](https://fa.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), and [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-widget-disable) * Tags * [admin](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[dashboard](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dashboard/) [dashboard widgets](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dashboard-widgets/) [sidebar widgets](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebar-widgets/)[widgets](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widgets/) * [Advanced View](https://lmo.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 23 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ required ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wearerequired/) * [ Silvan Hagen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/neverything/) * [ Pascal Birchler ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/swissspidy/) * [ Dominik Schilling ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90/) * [ Ulrich ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/grapplerulrich/) * [ Stefan Pasch ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hubersen/) ## Support Got something to say? 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