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Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard

The #1 Plugin to Customize the WordPress Dashboard!

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Tested up to WordPress 7.1
Current version3.8.18
WordPress coverageTested up to WordPress 7.1
Minimum stackWP 4.6 · PHP 5.6
Directory statusactive
Last directory update10 Oct 202623d ago
Active installations50K+Adoption metric — not a quality score
WordPress.org rating4.6 / 5 from 114 ratings
Official packageDirect from WordPress.org

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WP PlugIndex currently records Ultimate Dashboard – Custom WordPress Dashboard version 3.8.18 as active, updated 23d ago and tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Overview

About this plugin

The #1 Plugin to Customize the WordPress Dashboard!

Ultimate Dashboard allows you to create a custom WordPress dashboard for you and your clients.

Replace the default WordPress dashboard widgets with your own and give the WordPress dashboard a more meaningful use.

Ultimate Dashboard is a clean & lightweight plugin that was made to optimize the user experience for clients inside the WordPress admin area.

Customize the WordPress Dashboard today!

❌ Remove dashboard widgets

Remove all or individual default WordPress widgets with just a click.

➕ Create your own widgets

Create icon, text & HTML widgets to create a customized client dashboard and send your customer to the key areas of their website – or anywhere else!

🎨 Login Customizer

White label the WordPress login area. Completely customize the WordPress login screen & apply your own branding with the power & live-preview capabilities of the WordPress customizer.

↔ ️ Login Redirect

The Login Redirect featur allows you to change the WordPress login URL, hide the /wp-admin/ URL for non logged-in users and redirect users after login on a per-role basis.

🖌️ Add Custom CSS

  • Add custom CSS to only the WordPress dashboard
  • Add custom CSS to the entire WordPress admin area
  • Add custom CSS to the WordPress login screen with a live preview inside the WordPress customizer

📋 Create Custom Admin Pages

Create custom Top-Level & Sub-Menu pages using HTML, CSS or the default WordPress WISIWYG Editor and add them anywhere to the WordPress admin menu.

✨ More Features

  • Change the WordPress welcome panel content
  • Change the WordPress “Howdy” text
  • Set a custom WordPress dashboard headline
  • Remove WordPress admin bar for specific user roles
  • Remove “Help” tab
  • Remove “Screen Options” tab
  • Customize the WordPress footer & version text
  • Export/import dashboard widgets & settings

For even more features, check out Ultimate Dashboard PRO.

🏆 Ultimate Dashboard PRO

  • Remove 3rd party widgets
  • Restrict dashboard widgets & admin pages to specific users or user roles
  • Fully white label & rebrand WordPress
  • Advanced Login Customizer features
  • Create Custom Admin Pages with Elementor, Beaver Builder & Brizy
  • Create video widgets
  • Create contact form widgets
  • WordPress multisite support
  • Dark Mode
  • Admin Menu Editor
  • Admin Bar Editor

Learn more about Ultimate Dashboard PRO

What’s next?

If you like Ultimate Dashboard, make sure to check out our other products:

  • Page Builder Framework – A fast & minimalistic WordPress theme designed for the new WordPress era.
  • Better Admin Bar – The plugin to make your clients enjoy WordPress. It replaces the default admin bar to provide the best possible user experience when editing & navigating a website.
WordPress.org metadata

Plugin tags

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

  • admin menu editor
  • custom dashboard
  • custom login screen
  • custom wordpress admin
  • branda
Compatibility & maintenance

Compatibility & maintenance

Tested with WP 7.1

Marked as tested with the current WordPress 7.1 release.

Current WordPress releaseWordPress 7.1
WordPress.org Tested up to7.1
Minimum requirementsWordPress 4.6 · PHP 5.6
Update activity10 Oct 202623d ago

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Recent tracked changes

Version3.8.173.8.18
WordPress compatibility6.9.77.1.3
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