Remove Widgets from Dashboard

The WordPress Dashboard provides a range of widgets by default to display useful information and provide quick access to certain functions. However, sometimes you may want to remove certain widgets from the WordPress dashboard to declutter it or to provide a more focused experience for your users. Here’s an example code snippet to remove unwanted widgets from the Dashboard:

function wpsnippets_remove_dashboard_widgets() {

    // Remove the "WordPress News" widget
    remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_primary', 'dashboard', 'side' );

    // Remove the "Quick Draft" widget
    remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_quick_press', 'dashboard', 'side' );

    // Remove the "Welcome" panel
    remove_action( 'welcome_panel', 'wp_welcome_panel' );
}

add_action( 'admin_init', 'wpsnippets_remove_dashboard_widgets' );

In this code snippet, we define a function wpsnippets_remove_dashboard_widgets that uses the remove_meta_box function to remove the “WordPress News” and “Quick Draft” widgets from the Dashboard’s “side” section. We also use the remove_action function to remove the “Welcome” panel entirely from the Dashboard. The remove_action function is used because the “Welcome” panel is not technically a widget. Finally, we use the add_action function to add the wpsnippets_remove_dashboard_widgets function to the admin_init hook. This hook is used to perform actions when the WordPress admin area is initialized.

With this code in place, you can remove widgets from the WordPress Dashboard for all users. You can modify the code to remove other widgets or panels as needed.