BACK TO DIRECTORY

Dashboard Widgets Suite

by Jeff Starr

4.9
(38 ratings)

1 Plugin. 9 Widgets. Awesome Dashboard.

Add new widgets to your WordPress Dashboard. Streamline your workflow and optimize productivity.

Widgets

Dashboard Widgets Suite provides awesome widgets that you can add to your Dashboard with a click:

  • Control Panel – Control widgets directly from the Dashboard
  • User Notes – Add, edit, delete notes for any user role
  • Feed Box – Display and customize any RSS Feed
  • Social Box – Display social links from Twitter, Facebook, etc.
  • List Box – Display custom lists created via the Menu screen
  • Widget Box – Display any theme or WP widget (e.g., Search, Text)
  • System Info – Display basic or advanced system information
  • Debug Log – Display, customize, reset your WP debug log
  • PHP Error Log – Display, customize, reset your server error log

Each widget includes its own set of options for customizing display 🙂

The notes widget is super awesome, designed for serious note takers. You can choose from 3 note formats: Text, HTML, or Code. Check out Installation for more about the User Notes Widget.

Suggest a widget!

Features

Dashboard Widgets Suite provides a slick set of useful Dashboard widgets with some great features:

  • Includes 9 awesome Dashboard widgets
  • Easy to set up and customize options
  • Regularly updated and “future proof”
  • Secure, clean, error-free code
  • Built with the WordPress API
  • Lightweight, fast and flexible
  • Focused on performance, loads only enabled widgets
  • Enable/disable widgets via Dashboard or plugin settings
  • Option to restore 1-column display for the Dashboard
  • Shortcodes to display widgets on the frontend
  • Many options for customizing widget display
  • Works perfectly with or without Gutenberg

Check out the Screenshots for more details.

Suggest a feature!

Privacy

This plugin does not collect or store any user data. It does not set any cookies, and it does not connect to any third-party locations. Thus, this plugin does not affect user privacy in any way.

Dashboard Widgets Suite is developed and maintained by Jeff Starr, 15-year WordPress developer and book author.

Support development

I develop and maintain this free plugin with love for the WordPress community. To show support, you can make a donation or purchase one of my books:

And/or purchase one of my premium WordPress plugins:

Links, tweets and likes also appreciated. Thank you! 🙂

Screenshots

DWS Dashboard: All widgets enabled

DWS Dashboard: All widgets enabled

DWS Settings:  General Settings

DWS Settings: General Settings

DWS Settings:  User Notes

DWS Settings: User Notes

DWS Settings:  Feed Box

DWS Settings: Feed Box

DWS Settings:  Social Box

DWS Settings: Social Box

DWS Settings:  List Box

DWS Settings: List Box

DWS Settings:  Widget Box

DWS Settings: Widget Box

DWS Settings:  System Info

DWS Settings: System Info

DWS Settings:  Debug Log

DWS Settings: Debug Log

DWS Settings:  Error Log

DWS Settings: Error Log

Plugin Details

Active Installs
4K+
Total Downloads
163,081
Version
3.5.2
Requires WP
4.7
Requires PHP
5.6.20
Tested Up To
7.1
Added
2016-03-17
Last Updated
2026-07-17 5:44pm GMT

Ratings

5
36
4
1
3
0
2
0
1
1