by Morten Dalgaard Johansen 5 (8 reviews)

Dashboard Widget Sidebar

Name: Dashboard Widget Sidebar
Rating: 5.0 (8 reviews)
Author: Morten Dalgaard Johansen

Enable regulare widgets to be used as Dashboard Widgets in admin.

Dashboard Widget Sidebar ranks #9,968 among WordPress.org plugins with 400+ active installations, is #1,278 of 8,549 in the Customization category, a 5/5 rating from 8 reviews, and was last updated Apr 21, 2015. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.2 (Current: 7.1)

v1.2.3 Current Version v1.2.3

Updated 11 years ago Last Update on 21 Apr, 2015

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,278 of 8,549 in Customization Top 25% by installs No update in over a year

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Rank

#9,968

+4 this week

Active Installs

400+

-7.8%

KW Avg Position

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Downloads

13K

+3 today

Support Resolved

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Rating

100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (8 reviews)

Next Milestone 500

Total Progress 28%

400+ 500+

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Reviews & Ratings

5.0

8 reviews

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Jun 27, 2025 UNPATCHED

Dashboard Widget Sidebar [dashboard-widget-sidebar] <= 1.2.3 (unfixed)

CVE-2025-53293 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.2.3
Last Updated: Apr 21, 2015
Requires WP: 3.3+
Tested Up To: 4.2
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Morten Dalgaard Johansen

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 8
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

admin dashboard dashboard widget widget widgets

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site administrators who want more flexibility over their admin dashboard layout. It solves the problem of regular widgets not being usable as dashboard widgets by adding a new widget area for them under Appearance -> Widgets.