WordPress plugin comparison

Dashboard Instruction Guide vs Dashboard Widgets Suite

Dashboard Instruction Guide

by Sajidul Islam

Fewer than 10 installs

Dashboard Widgets Suite

by Jeff Starr

4K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Dashboard Widgets Suite has more active installs: 4K+, against fewer than 10 for Dashboard Instruction Guide.
On a typical day, Dashboard Widgets Suite is downloaded about 70 times, Dashboard Instruction Guide about 1.
Dashboard Instruction Guide has no reviews yet.
Dashboard Widgets Suite was updated more recently: Nov 1, 2026, against Oct 14, 2021 for Dashboard Instruction Guide.
Dashboard Widgets Suite is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.2, against 5.8.19 for Dashboard Instruction Guide.
Dashboard Widgets Suite has been around longer: since 2016, against 2021 for Dashboard Instruction Guide.

Dashboard Widgets Suite leads on 6 of 6 comparable lines.

Metric	Dashboard Instruction Guide	Dashboard Widgets Suite
Popular rank	#69,080	#3,375
Active installs	Fewer than 10	4K+
Downloads, last 30 days	34	3.7K
Rating	No ratings	4.9(38)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	5.8.19	7.2
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.77
Last release	5 years ago	9 days ago
Requires PHP	5.6	5.6.20

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