10 Best Announce from the Dashboard Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Announce from the Dashboard has 7,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Announce from the Dashboard
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Simple Client Dashboard
Closest match4.5 (26) 2,000+ active installsRestrict permissions with Simple Client Dashboard. Our new "Admin" user role between Administrator and Editor is perfect for clients and Webmasters.
Shares the admin, role tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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4.9 (74) 2,000+ active installsAll admin links available in a neat horizontal drop down menu. Saves lots of screen real estate!
Shares the admin, dashboard tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since June 9, 2020.
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5.0 (20) 2,000+ active installsHide the Dashboard menu, Personal Options section and Help link on the Profile page from your subscribers when they are logged in.
Shares the admin, dashboard tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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4.9 (35) 30,000+ active installsDisplays the currently installed PHP/MySQL version in the "At a Glance" admin dashboard widget.
Shares the admin, dashboard tags on WordPress.org. About 4.3 times the installs, no update since May 16, 2023.
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4.9 (150) 7,000+ active installsFully customize the WordPress Login Screen.
Shares the admin, dashboard tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since November 30, 2023.
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4.8 (24) 10,000+ active installsDisable sidebar and dashboard widgets with an easy to use interface.
Shares the admin, dashboard tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated July 17, 2026.
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OpenStation: Desktop Windows, Dock & Virtual Desktops for WP Admin
5.0 (23) 2,000+ active installsA windowed workspace for wp-admin. Open posts, media, and settings side by side, with a dock, virtual desktops, and a Cmd+K palette.
Shares the admin, dashboard tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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5.0 (49) 2,000+ active installsThis plugin provides a shortcode that lets you hide some parts of the content from your posts and pages.
Shares the role tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since February 12, 2018.
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4.8 (45) 10,000+ active installsGive a temporarily limited admin access to themes designers, plugins developers and support agents.
Shares the role tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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Blog Designer Pack
Paid version availableBlog Designer Pack – Blog, Post Grid, Post Slider, Post Carousel, Category Post, News
4.7 (79) 30,000+ active installsNews & Blog plugin for post grid, post slider, post carousel, post filter, masonry, ticker & list category posts using shortcode, Elementor & Divi.
Shares the news tag on WordPress.org. About 4.3 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
Switching from Announce from the Dashboard: common questions
What is the best alternative to Announce from the Dashboard?
Simple Client Dashboard is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 2,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which Announce from the Dashboard alternative has the most users?
Display PHP Version, with 30,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Announce from the Dashboard alternative is rated highest?
Erident Custom Login and Dashboard, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 150 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Announce from the Dashboard alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Announce from the Dashboard score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Announce from the Dashboard on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Simple Client Dashboard is the closest match to Announce from the Dashboard by the data we track, and Display PHP Version has the widest reach with 30,000+ active installs. OpenStation shipped the most recent release, on September 4, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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