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Blue Blaze Disable WordPress News Widget

Disables the WordPress News Dashboard Widget.

by Blue Blaze Associates · github.com/blueblazeassociates/blueblaze-disable-dashboard-primary · website

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/blueblazeassociates/blueblaze-disable-dashboard-primary/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/blueblazeassociates/blueblaze-disable-dashboard-primary ↗

Disables the WordPress News dashboard widget.

You might ask, "Why?". The WordPress News widget is harmless but does clutter up the database with a large transient in the options table. When a database needs to processed by hand, this large db entry can get in the way.