"Hide Dashboard" hides the dashboard for all users with the capability "hide_dashboard".
As of April 2026, IWG Hide Dashboard is a WordPress user plugin with 90 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 11K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.1.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2007. Last updated 17 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: User Role Editor.
This Plugin gives you the possibility to hide the Dashboard before selected users.
It is very flexible, since it works with an extra capability “Hide Dashboard”.
This capability can be assigned to one or more roles and/or as an extra capability to one or more users.
Users with hidden Dashboard will be redirected to their profile-page.
You need also the “Role Manager Plugin” for this Plugin.
| WordPress | 2.1.0+ requiredTested up to 2.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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