Remove WP Dashboard Extra Widgets
by Ahmad Awais · Admin & Utilities
Removes the WordPress dashboard widgets that are extra and useless for some users i.e. plugins, wp blog news etc
45 health vs 53 average across 2,918 Admin & Utilities plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 6+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.4.0.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2323 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
27
now · peak 77
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “50+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 40+ → 50+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 50+ → 40+ down after 14 days in tier
- 2026-06-26 40+ → 50+ up after 30 days in tier
- 2026-05-27 50+ → 40+ down after 54 days in tier
- 2026-04-03 60+ → 50+ down after 77 days in tier
- 2026-01-16 70+ → 60+ down after 89 days in tier
- 2025-10-19 80+ → 70+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-10-15 70+ → 80+ up after 27 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Widget Disable 10K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags C -
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Display PHP Version 30K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags D - S SpiceBox 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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Desert Companion 20K+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
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