Disable WordPress Events and News Dashboard Widget
Disable WordPress Events and News widget from the dashboard.
5(4 reviews)
·400 active installs·Updated 7 years agoAs of April 2026, Disable WordPress Events and News Dashboard Widget is a WordPress dashboard plugin with 400 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 8.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.8+ and PHP 5.2.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Last updated 7 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Admin Menu Editor.
5/54 reviews
400active installs
8.3K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
This plugin automatically disables WordPress Events and News widget from the dashboard. By removing, you also prevent all external requests widgets makes so that it can work.
It is a very lightweight, it has no settings, just activate it and it works immediately.
And it’s on GitHub.
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.8+ requiredTested up to 5.1.22 |
| PHP | 5.2.4+ required |
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