If you run a website with lot of registered users who have access to your admin panel or building a project for a client, then you might wanna remove WordPress dashboard widgets to get the WordPress feel out of your client’s site.
Plus, it’s a nice way to clear the dashboard if you have your own custom dashboard widgets on your WordPress dashboard.
Just add following code to your current theme’s functions.php file:
function disable_dashboard_widgets() {
global $wp_meta_boxes;
// wp..
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_activity']);
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_right_now']);
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_recent_comments']);
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_incoming_links']);
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_plugins']);
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_primary']);
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_secondary']);
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_quick_press']);
unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_recent_drafts']);
}
add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'disable_dashboard_widgets', 999);