Title: Widget Disable
Author: required
Published: <strong>23 de abril de  2015</strong>
Last modified: 18 de noviembre de  2024

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Este plugin **no se ha probado con las últimas 3 versiones mayores de WordPress**.
Puede que ya no tenga asistencia ni lo mantenga nadie, o puede que tenga problemas
de compatibilidad cuando se usa con las versiones más recientes de WordPress.

![](https://ps.w.org/wp-widget-disable/assets/icon.svg?rev=2887101)

# Widget Disable

 Por [required](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wearerequired/)

[Descargar](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-widget-disable.3.0.1.zip)

[Vista previa en vivo](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/?preview=1)

 * [Detalles](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/#description)
 * [Valoraciones](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/#reviews)
 *  [Instalación](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/#installation)
 * [Desarrollo](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/#developers)

 [Soporte](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/)

## Descripción

This simple plugin allows you to disable any sidebar and dashboard widget for the
current WordPress site you are on. It provides a simple user interface available
to users with `edit_theme_options` capabilities (usually Administrator role) available
under Appearance -> Disable Widgets.
 After saving the settings, the sidebar and
dashboard widgets are removed from and the user can’t see those widgets anymore.

**Developer? Get to know the hooks**

Have a look at the filters we provide:

 * `wp_widget_disable_default_sidebar_widgets` – Allows you to exclude certain sidebar
   widgets from being disabled.
 * `wp_widget_disable_default_dashboard_widgets` – Allows you to exclude certain
   dashboard widgets from being disabled.

**Contributions**

If you would like to contribute to this plugin, report an issue or anything like
that, please note that we develop this plugin on [GitHub](https://github.com/wearerequired/WP-Widget-Disable).

Developed by [required](https://required.com/)

## Capturas

[⌊Disable the sidebar widgets you don’t need.⌉⌊Disable the sidebar widgets you don’t
need.⌉[

Disable the sidebar widgets you don’t need.

[⌊Even disable unused dashboard widgets.⌉⌊Even disable unused dashboard widgets.⌉[

Even disable unused dashboard widgets.

[⌊The simplified widgets overview.⌉⌊The simplified widgets overview.⌉[

The simplified widgets overview.

[⌊The stripped-down dashboard.⌉⌊The stripped-down dashboard.⌉[

The stripped-down dashboard.

## Instalación

### Manual Installation

 1. Upload the entire `/wp-widget-disable` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` 
    directory.
 2. Activate WP Widget Disable through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
 3. Go to Appearance -> Disable Widgets to manage sidebar and dashboard widgets.

## Reseñas

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/69b74a8b449201f3e9e4c562803d8ede0bb97bd5ad04af631f12d6a7cac673ea?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[It does exactly what it says in the tin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-does-exactly-what-it-says-in-the-tin-22/)󠁿

 [danielepais](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danielepais/) 26 de febrero de 2026

Does the job right and removes the pesky and somewhat useless widgets from the admin
dashboard for all users.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d0c94f51e381d0b3d9247ba3e2acec3d2348115cc029d65d2374397d543a65be?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Not working on Storefront theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-on-storefront-theme/)󠁿

 [webfluid](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webfluid/) 2 de junio de 2025

I tried this plugin to disable the widget section on the storefront theme. But unfortunately
it doesnt work.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/98484550916e6b28a917f305d2658587c04517a1a858abf0d0d4fd38dd8721b9?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Quick and easy fix to admin dashboard](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-and-easy-fix-to-admin-dashboard/)󠁿

 [twohills](https://profiles.wordpress.org/twohills/) 15 de enero de 2025

Admin dashboard was way too slow recently. Installed this and disabled widgets, 
found the culprit(s) quickly. Nice.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d5a9da5140753d5d31a48b13fcc17108b820e01a1e9f813d8aa350cfa42fedb2?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Thank you](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thank-you-3355/)󠁿

 [fightingships](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fightingships/) 24 de abril de 2023

Thank you, a wonderful plugin, you can’t even imagine how happy I am that I found
it

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c7229529f9a6b40a35655dfd271146c079a81154f3c24bd6d5444492e494a5d4?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[very useful](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-useful-3241/)󠁿

 [Daniel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dhoffmann/) 26 de marzo de 2023

thank a lot.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/67978b20f4c211b86b39bff9323d7db6e8b2b3df0c64dd6c0456b3d656901e66?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[so useful and nice plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/so-useful-and-nice-plugin/)󠁿

 [mikhak](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mikhak/) 11 de febrero de 2023

thank you for this useful and nice plugin. H hope you continue and update that.

 [ Leer todas las 24 reseñas ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/)

## Colaboradores y desarrolladores

“Widget Disable” es un software de código abierto. Las siguientes personas han colaborado
con este plugin.

Colaboradores

 *   [ required ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wearerequired/)
 *   [ Silvan Hagen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/neverything/)
 *   [ Pascal Birchler ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/swissspidy/)
 *   [ Dominik Schilling ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90/)
 *   [ Ulrich ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/grapplerulrich/)
 *   [ Stefan Pasch ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hubersen/)

“Widget Disable” ha sido traducido a 11 idiomas. Gracias a [los traductores](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-widget-disable/contributors)
por sus contribuciones.

[Traduce “Widget Disable” a tu idioma.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-widget-disable)

### ¿Interesado en el desarrollo?

[Revisa el código](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-widget-disable/),
echa un vistazo al [repositorio SVN](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-widget-disable/),
o suscríbete al [log de desarrollo](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-widget-disable/)
por [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-widget-disable/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Registro de cambios

### 3.0.1 – 2024-09-19

 * Enhancement: Code cleanup, ensuring WordPress 6.6 compatibility.

### 3.0.0 – 2023-03-26

 * Fixed: Replace use of jQuery to avoid deprecation warnings.
 * Changed: Requires at least PHP 7.4 and WordPress 6.0.

### 2.1.0 – 2022-03-17

 * Enhancement: Hide disabled sidebar widgets when widget block editor is enabled.
 * Changed: Requires at least PHP 5.6 and WordPress 4.7.

### 2.0.0 – 2020-02-02

 * New: Allows removal of the “Browse Happy” and “PHP Update Required” widgets in
   the dashboard to suppress remote API requests.

### 1.9.1 – 2019-03-11

 * Enhancement: Cleanup and compatibility with WordPress 5.1.

### 1.9.0 – 2018-07-26

 * Enhancement: Added Multisite support.
 * Enhancement: Allows hiding the Try Gutenberg callout in WordPress 4.9.8.

For older versions see CHANGELOG.md.

## Meta

 *  Versión **3.0.1**
 *  Última actualización **hace 2 años**
 *  Instalaciones activas **10.000+**
 *  Versión de WordPress ** 6.0 o superior **
 *  Testeado hasta **6.7.5**
 *  Versión de PHP ** 7.4 o superior **
 *  Idiomas
 * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), [Dutch](https://nl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/),
   [Dutch (Belgium)](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/),
   [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), [German](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/),
   [German (Austria)](https://de-at.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), [German (Switzerland)](https://de-ch.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/),
   [Persian](https://fa.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://pt.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/),
   [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/), y [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/).
 *  [Traducir a tu idioma](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-widget-disable)
 * Etiquetas:
 * [admin](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[dashboard](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dashboard/)
   [dashboard widgets](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dashboard-widgets/)
   [sidebar widgets](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebar-widgets/)[widgets](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widgets/)
 *  [Vista avanzada](https://es-ar.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-widget-disable/advanced/)

## Valoraciones

 4.8 de 5 estrellas.

 *  [  23 valoraciones de 5 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 valoraciones de 4 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 valoraciones de 3 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 valoraciones de 2 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  1 valoración de 1 estrellas     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/#new-post)

[Ver todas las reseñas](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/reviews/)

## Colaboradores

 *   [ required ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wearerequired/)
 *   [ Silvan Hagen ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/neverything/)
 *   [ Pascal Birchler ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/swissspidy/)
 *   [ Dominik Schilling ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ocean90/)
 *   [ Ulrich ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/grapplerulrich/)
 *   [ Stefan Pasch ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hubersen/)

## Soporte

¿Tenés algo que decir? ¿Necesitás ayuda?

 [Ver el foro de asistencia](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-widget-disable/)