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Remove unnecessary dashboard widgets in WordPress
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removewidgets.php
// remove unnecessary dashboard widgets
function remove_dashboard_widgets(){
global $wp_meta_boxes;
// only remove "Right Now" for non-administrators
if (!current_user_can('activate_plugins')) {
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_right_now']);
}
// remove widgets for everyone
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_plugins']);
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_recent_comments']);
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_incoming_links']);
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_primary']);
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_secondary']);
}
add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_dashboard_widgets');
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