by Josh Hartman 4.8 (8 reviews)

Dashboard Commander

Name: Dashboard Commander
Rating: 4.8 (8 reviews)
Author: Josh Hartman

Command your admin dashboard. Manage built-in widgets and dynamically registered widgets. Hide widgets depending upon user capabilities.

Dashboard Commander ranks #7,290 among WordPress.org plugins with 800+ active installations, is #1,052 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 4.8/5 rating from 8 reviews, and was last updated Jun 17, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1.4)

v1.0.3 Current Version v1.0.3

Updated 4 months ago Last Update on 17 Jun, 2026

Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on

#1,052 of 8,848 in Customization Top 10% by installs Downloads -16.7% this week

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Active Installs

800+

-10.1%

KW Avg Position

79.8

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Downloads

34.6K

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96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (8 reviews)

Next Milestone 900

Total Progress 91%

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.0.3
Last Updated: Jun 17, 2026
Requires WP: 2.9.2+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Josh Hartman

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 8
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Dashboard Commander is for WordPress site administrators who manage multiple users with dashboard access. It restricts and configures which dashboard widgets each user can see based on their capability level, covering both built-in and dynamically registered widgets.

Manage built-in widgets
Manage dynamically registered widgets
Hide widgets by user capability
Configurable minimum access level per widget
Restricts dashboard widget access after install
Settings > Dashboard Commander options page
Supports dynamically registered widgets from plugins

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Dashboard Commander

After installation access to all dashboard widgets is removed, then you can use the options at Settings > Dashboard Commander to configure the minimum access level for each widget.

Some WordPress core dashboard widgets and other plugin dashboard widgets are restricted to a certain user capability level. Example: You can not make the Recent Comments dashboard widget visible to a Subscriber, Contributor or Author because of this fact. This can not be overridden using Dashboard Commander, but you can override this behavior by hacking the specific widget-setup function in the WordPress core or plugin code.

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