by Jeff Starr 4.9 (38 reviews)

Dashboard Widgets Suite

Name: Dashboard Widgets Suite
Rating: 4.9 (38 reviews)
Author: Jeff Starr

Adds 9 awesome widgets to your WP Dashboard. Includes User Notes, Social Buttons, System Info, Debug/Error Logs, and more!

Dashboard Widgets Suite ranks #3,382 among WordPress.org plugins with 4,000+ active installations, is #544 of 8,543 in the Customization category, a 4.9/5 rating from 38 reviews, and was last updated Jul 17, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v3.5.2 Current Version v3.5.2

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 17 Jul, 2026

Refreshed 12 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#544 of 8,543 in Customization Top 5% by installs Downloads -10.9% this week

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#3,382

-2 this week

Active Installs

4K+

-16.8%

KW Avg Position

49.8

0.5 better

Downloads

152.9K

+8 today

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Rating

98%

Review 4.9 out of 5

4.9 (38 reviews)

Next Milestone 5K

Total Progress 75.8%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

3 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

Jun 12, 2024

Dashboard Widgets Suite [dashboard-widgets-suite] < 3.4.4

CVE-2024-0979 · Fixed in v3.4.4
Dec 4, 2023

Dashboard Widgets Suite [dashboard-widgets-suite] < 3.4.2

CVE-2023-49743 · Fixed in v3.4.2
Feb 27, 2023

Dashboard Widgets Suite [dashboard-widgets-suite] < 3.2.2

CVE-2023-26517 · Fixed in v3.2.2

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Plugin Details

Version: 3.5.2
Last Updated: Jul 17, 2026
Requires WP: 4.7+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 5.6.20 or higher
Author: Jeff Starr

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9
Reviews: 38
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site administrators who want more useful widgets on their admin Dashboard. It solves the problem of a limited default Dashboard by adding 9 widgets like notes, RSS feeds, social links, and system/error logs, each with customizable display options.

User Notes widget
RSS Feed display
Social links widget
Custom lists via Menu screen
Display theme or WP widgets
System information display
Debug log viewer
PHP error log viewer

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Dashboard Widgets Suite

Yeah maybe, feel free to suggest a widget!

It's not a current feature of the plugin, however it is possible using custom functions. Check out this tutorial at Perishable Press.

To display a Dashboard widget that displays links to all of your pages: Visit the Widget Box tab on the plugin page Check the box for the setting, Enable Widget Select Dashboard Widgets Suite for the Sidebar setting Save changes Visit the Menus screen under the Appearance menu Create a menu that displays all Pages (or whatever links you want) Visit the WP Widgets screen Add your new widget to Dashboard Widgets Suite

For each note, you can specify a level/role user that is allowed to view/read. So any user who has the capabilities of the specified role can read the note. For example, if you set a note level to "Author", then users with role of Author, Editor, or Admin will be able to read.

By default, the user may choose which format (text, html, code) they want for each note. To change that, so that only one format is used, add the following code to your theme (or child theme) functions.php, or add via simple custom plugin: function dashboard_widgets_suite_notes_format_custom($field_default) { return 'text'; // accepts: text, html, code } add_filter('dashboard_widgets_suite_notes_format', 'dashboard_widgets_suite_notes_format_custom'); Change text to any accepted format: text, html, or code.

To override the default note styles, add the following code to your theme (or child theme) functions.php, or add via simple custom plugin: function dashboard_widgets_suite_note_styles_custom($css) { return '#dws-notes-user .dws-notes-user textarea, #dws-notes-user .dws-notes-user-note { font-size: 18px; }'; } add_filter('dashboard_widgets_suite_note_styles', 'dashboard_widgets_suite_note_styles_custom'); The returned CSS code is just an example, showing use of DWS existing selectors. You can change the CSS to whatever is necessary.

By default, the WordPress debug file is located at /wp-content/debug.log. To change that, add the following code to your theme (or child theme) functions.php, or add via simple custom plugin: function dashboard_widgets_suite_log_debug_path($log) { return '/whatever/path/debug.log'; } add_filter('dashboard_widgets_suite_log_debug_path', 'dashboard_widgets_suite_log_debug_path'); Change the path to whatever is necessary.

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