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Dashboard Detox – Hide Marketing & Review Popups

A lightweight plugin hiding marketing popups, review nags and upsells in wp-admin, keeping your WordPress dashboard clean, quiet and distraction-free.

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Tested up to WordPress 7.0
Current version1.0.6
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.0
Minimum stackWP 6.0 · PHP 8.3
Directory statusactive
Last directory update25 May 20265mo ago
Active installationsNewAdoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org ratingNo WordPress.org ratings yet
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Dashboard Detox – Hide Marketing & Review Popups version 1.0.6 as active, updated 5mo ago and tested up to WordPress 7.0.

Overview

About this plugin

Your WordPress dashboard shouldn’t feel like Times Square.

Dashboard Detox removes the noise — stopping marketing messages, “rate this plugin” nags, upgrade prompts, sales banners, Black Friday ads, and countless popup notices that keep interrupting your workflow.

It works automatically, with no setup needed, and includes a lightweight optional settings page for power users.

Perfect for developers, agencies, and anyone who wants wp-admin to stay clean and distraction-free.

✨ Features

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Automatically hides:

  • Review nags (“Please rate us 5 stars!”)
  • Upgrade / Go Pro messages
  • Sales, discount and Black Friday banners
  • Newsletter signup popups
  • Promotional overlays
  • Persistent admin notices that reappear when closed

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Smart and safe:

  • Attempts to avoid hiding core update or security notices
  • Uses keyword detection instead of blindly removing all notices
  • Lightweight inline script only
  • No front-end impact
  • No performance overhead

No setup required. Just activate and detox your dashboard.

Need more control? Dashboard Detox Pro

The free version gives you a clean, quiet dashboard with zero configuration.

If you’d like more fine-grained control, Dashboard Detox Pro adds a few extra tools:

  • Add custom “blocked keywords” to hide specific promos or campaigns.
  • Whitelist important notices by keyword so they are never hidden.
  • Turn on Debug Mode to highlight notices that would be hidden, instead of actually hiding them.
  • Ideal for agencies and developers managing lots of client sites.

Free vs Pro

Free version

  • Automatically hides most common marketing, upsell, and review nags in the WordPress admin.
  • Lightweight, safe defaults — just activate and enjoy a calmer dashboard.
  • No configuration required.

Dashboard Detox Pro

  • Includes everything in the free version, plus:
  • Custom “blocked keywords” to target specific marketing phrases (e.g. “Black Friday”, “lifetime deal”).
  • Whitelist keywords to always show important notices.
  • Debug Mode to see what would be hidden without actually hiding it.
  • Priority for future enhancements.

👉 Get Dashboard Detox Pro

WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

Topics listed for this plugin in the WordPress.org directory.

  • hide notices
  • admin
  • cleanup
  • dashboard
  • popups
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested up to WordPress 7.0

Not yet marked as tested with WordPress 7.1. WordPress.org currently lists Tested up to 7.0.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.0
Minimum requirementsWordPress 6.0 · PHP 8.3
Update activity25 May 20265mo ago

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