If you feel your dashboard is too cluttered, you can use this to remove any or all of the widgets
add_action( 'wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_wp_dashboard_widgets' ); function remove_wp_dashboard_widgets() { //Plugins wp_unregister_sidebar_widget( 'dashboard_plugins' ); remove_meta_box('dashboard_plugins', 'dashboard', 'normal'); //Right Now //wp_unregister_sidebar_widget( 'dashboard_right_now' ); //remove_meta_box('dashboard_right_now', 'dashboard', 'normal'); //Recent Comments //wp_unregister_sidebar_widget( 'dashboard_recent_comments' ); //remove_meta_box('dashboard_recent_comments', 'dashboard', 'normal'); //Incoming Links //wp_unregister_sidebar_widget( 'dashboard_incoming_links' ); //remove_meta_box('dashboard_incoming_links', 'dashboard', 'normal'); //WordPress Blog wp_unregister_sidebar_widget( 'dashboard_primary' ); remove_meta_box('dashboard_primary', 'dashboard', 'side'); //Other WordPress News wp_unregister_sidebar_widget( 'dashboard_secondary' ); remove_meta_box('dashboard_secondary', 'dashboard', 'side'); //Quick Press //wp_unregister_sidebar_widget( 'dashboard_quick_press' ); //remove_meta_box('dashboard_quick_press', 'dashboard', 'side'); //Recent Drafts //wp_unregister_sidebar_widget( 'dashboard_recent_drafts' ); //remove_meta_box('dashboard_recent_drafts', 'dashboard', 'side'); }