Widget Disable
Disable sidebar and dashboard widgets with an easy to use interface.
4.8(24 reviews)
·10K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Widget Disable is a WordPress admin plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 24 reviews. It has been downloaded 185K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 12% this week. Top alternative: Loginizer.
4.8/524 reviews
10K+active installs
185K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
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
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Ratings & Reviews
4.824 reviews
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Recent Reviews
It does exactly what it says in the tin
by danielepais·1 month ago
Does the job right and removes the pesky and somewhat useless widgets from the admin dashboard for all users.
Not working on Storefront theme
by webfluid·10 months ago
I tried this plugin to disable the widget section on the storefront theme. But unfortunately it doesnt work.
Quick and easy fix to admin dashboard
by twohills·1 year ago
Admin dashboard was way too slow recently. Installed this and disabled widgets, found the culprit(s) quickly. Nice.
Thank you
by fightingships·2 years ago
Thank you, a wonderful plugin, you can’t even imagine how happy I am that I found it
very useful
by Daniel·3 years ago
thank a lot.
Download Trends
Today: 15Yesterday: 28This week: 152Period total: 11K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | 7.4+ required |
Version Adoption
v3.0
86.2%
v2.1
6.2%
v2.0
6.1%
Other
1.5%
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Frequently Asked Questions
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…
Contributors
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