10 Best Widget Disable Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Widget Disable has 10,000+ 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 Widget Disable
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Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu
Closest match4.9 (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 quarter 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 quarter 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 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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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 quarter of the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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4.6 (312) 300,000+ active installsLets you edit the WordPress admin menu. You can re-order, hide or rename menus, add custom menus and more.
Shares the admin, dashboard tags on WordPress.org. About 30 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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4.7 (113) 200,000+ active installsCustomise dashboard panels and branding, hide menus plus lots more.
Shares the admin, dashboard tags on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated July 9, 2026.
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4.6 (78) 30,000+ active installsDisable Dashboard access for users of a specific role or capability. Disallowed users are redirected to a chosen URL. Get set up in seconds.
Shares the dashboard tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated May 22, 2026.
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WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Charts, Maps & Dashboards
4.9 (88) 10,000+ active installsTurn your data into WordPress apps with tables, forms, charts & maps — no code required, with optional hooks for developers. Supports 35+ languages.
Shares the dashboard tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.1 (23) 10,000+ active installsReplaces the default WordPress dashboard welcome panel with custom designed Elementor template.
Shares the dashboard tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated May 13, 2026.
Switching from Widget Disable: common questions
What is the best alternative to Widget Disable?
Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 2,000+ active installs with a 4.9 out of 5 rating.
Which Widget Disable alternative has the most users?
Admin Menu Editor, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Widget Disable 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 Widget Disable 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 Widget Disable 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 Widget Disable 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
Ozh' Admin Drop Down Menu is the closest match to Widget Disable by the data we track, and Admin Menu Editor has the widest reach with 300,000+ 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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