do_action( ‘wp_dashboard_setup’ )

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   Collins Mbaka 4 years ago

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   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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   Andrija Naglic 3 years ago

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   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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   Akira Tachibana 4 years ago

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   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
   
   }