do_action( 'wp_dashboard_setup' )

Fires after core widgets for the admin dashboard have been registered.

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This hook grants access to Dashboard-related customization options. In particular, this hook is used for adding [wp_add_dashboard_widget() ] or removing[remove_meta_box() ] dashboard widgets from WordPress.

To add a dashboard widget, use wp_add_dashboard_widget()

To remove a dashboard widget, use remove_meta_box()

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File: wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php. View all references 

do_action( 'wp_dashboard_setup' );

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Version Description
2.5.0 Introduced.

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    Contributed by Andrija Naglic —

    To remove all Dashboard widgets:

    function remove_dashboard_widgets(){
    
    global $wp_meta_boxes;
    
    foreach( $wp_meta_boxes["dashboard"] as $position => $core ){
        
        foreach( $core["core"] as $widget_id => $widget_info ){
            
            remove_meta_box( $widget_id, 'dashboard', $position );
        }
    }
    
}
add_action( 'wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_dashboard_widgets', 1000000 );
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    Contributed by Collins Mbaka —

    To remove a dashboard widget, call remove_meta_box() within the hooked function.

    add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_dashboard_widgets');

function remove_dashboard_widgets () {

      //Completely remove various dashboard widgets (remember they can also be HIDDEN from admin)
      remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_quick_press',   'dashboard', 'side' );      //Quick Press widget
      remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_recent_drafts', 'dashboard', 'side' );      //Recent Drafts
      remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_primary',       'dashboard', 'side' );      //WordPress.com Blog
      remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_secondary',     'dashboard', 'side' );      //Other WordPress News
      remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_incoming_links','dashboard', 'normal' );    //Incoming Links
      remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_plugins',       'dashboard', 'normal' );    //Plugins

}
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    Contributed by Akira Tachibana —

    Example from Codex: To Remove a Dashboard Widget

    To remove a dashboard widget, call remove_meta_box() within the hooked function.

    add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_dashboard_widgets');

function remove_dashboard_widgets () {

      //Completely remove various dashboard widgets (remember they can also be HIDDEN from admin)
      remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_quick_press',   'dashboard', 'side' );      //Quick Press widget
      remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_recent_drafts', 'dashboard', 'side' );      //Recent Drafts
      remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_primary',       'dashboard', 'side' );      //WordPress.com Blog
      remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_secondary',     'dashboard', 'side' );      //Other WordPress News
      remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_incoming_links','dashboard', 'normal' );    //Incoming Links
      remove_meta_box( 'dashboard_plugins',       'dashboard', 'normal' );    //Plugins

}

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