Best dashboard widget plugins for WordPress
The most popular dashboard widget plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Error Log Monitor leads with 20K+ active installs, ahead of Dashboard Welcome for Elementor (10K+) and Dashboard Welcome for Beaver Builder (2K+). All 47 plugins tagged “dashboard widget” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 dashboard widget plugins
- 1.
Error Log MonitorThe most installed dashboard widget plugin, with 20K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 48 reviews, updated 4 weeks ago.
- 2.
Dashboard Welcome for Elementor10K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 23 reviews, updated 5 months ago.
- 3.
Dashboard Welcome for Beaver Builder2K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 7 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 4.
Dashboard To-Do List1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Remove Site Health From Dashboard1K+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 6.
WP Adsterra Dashboard400+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.
Dashboard Directory Size400+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 8.
Disable WordPress Events and News Dashboard Widget400+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
- 9.
Dashboard Widget Sidebar300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 10.
WP Dash Message200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
All 47 plugins tagged “dashboard widget”
Error Log Monitor
Down in the last 7 days:1#1,275by Janis Elsts28 days ago
Adds a Dashboard widget that displays the latest messages from your PHP error log. It can also send logged errors to email.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.3(48)
- Downloads
- 227/day
Dashboard Welcome for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,448by IdeaBox Creations6 months ago
Replaces the default WordPress dashboard welcome panel with custom designed Elementor template.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.1(23)
- Downloads
- 62/day
Dashboard Welcome for Beaver Builder
Down in the last 7 days:4#4,892by IdeaBox Creations3 years ago
Replaces the default WordPress dashboard welcome panel with custom designed Beaver Builder template.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.7(7)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Dashboard To-Do List
Down in the last 7 days:20#5,673by ARWD2 months ago
A simple dashboard to-do list widget with the option to display your list as a floating panel on your website.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Remove Site Health From Dashboard
Up in the last 7 days:57#6,392by fullworks1 year ago
Removes the Site Health from the Dashboard introduced in WP 5.4
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 10/day
WP Adsterra Dashboard
Down in the last 7 days:67#9,291by Vincenzo1 month ago
See your Adsterra earnings on the WordPress dashboard: a daily chart for each ad placement, plus impressions, clicks, CPM, CTR and earnings.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Dashboard Directory Size
Up in the last 7 days:49#9,434by Pete Nelson1 year ago
Dashboard widget to display directory sizes
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Disable WordPress Events and News Dashboard Widget
Up in the last 7 days:44#9,664by Milan Dinić7 years ago
Disable WordPress Events and News widget from the dashboard.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dashboard Widget Sidebar
Down in the last 7 days:8#9,997by Morten Dalgaard Johansen11 years ago
Enable regulare widgets to be used as Dashboard Widgets in admin.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Dash Message
Up in the last 7 days:10#11,131by Aleksandar Arsovski15 years ago
Add a welcome message dashboard widget and remove any WordPress dashboard widgets with this plugin.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dashboard Widgets for LearnDash
Down in the last 7 days:29#11,406by Escape Creative4 years ago
Simple, informative, beautifully-designed Dashboard widgets for your LearnDash-powered site. Quick stats at a glance, plus helpful links for faster ad …
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Right Now Reloaded
Up in the last 7 days:25#12,335by Michael Dance13 years ago
A more relevant and dynamic version of the "Right Now" dashboard widget.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Recently Edited Content Widget
Down in the last 7 days:127#12,902by webdeveric11 years ago
This plugin provides a dashboard widget that lists recently edited content for quick access.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Admin Users Logged In
Down in the last 7 days:27#14,150by Marcel Pol1 month ago
Dashboard widget that shows admin users and when they were last logged in.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Display Server Info
Up in the last 7 days:19#14,781by RobertWP7 months ago
Displays server, PHP, and database info in the dashboard, admin bar, and footer, with shortcode and multilingual support.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Sortable Dashboard To-Do List
Up in the last 7 days:191#17,430by JFG Media24 days ago
Adds a sortable to-do list widget to your WP dashboard. Useful for developers, content writers, and team tasks. Easily assign tasks to other users.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Site Info
Up in the last 7 days:200#19,967by Rami Yushuvaev8 years ago
WordPress dashboard widget displaying the main site info.
- Installs
- 60+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
New User Dashboard Widget
Up in the last 7 days:80#24,524by swadeshswain9 years ago
A dashboard widget for Displaying New Rigistered member in your site
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Periscope
Up in the last 7 days:333#24,822by Fernando Tellado2 months ago
Merge several RSS feeds into one dashboard widget, sorted by date, and post your own announcements to your clients.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WebBooster Update History
#26,204by webboostercolombia5 months ago
Display a summary of all updates performed on your WordPress site directly in the Dashboard.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
f(x) Profile Dashboard Widget
Down in the last 7 days:217#27,151by David Chandra Purnama9 years ago
Admin dashboard widget to edit profile.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dashboard
#27,777by Ricardo Gonzalez18 years ago
Widget for the WordPress 2.7+ dashboard to display the latest posts.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Remote Dashboard Widget
Down in the last 7 days:151#29,530by WP Dashboard Widget2 months ago
Marketing widget for (remotely) displaying website maintainer or -support contact information on the WordPress dashboard
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
JS Error Logger
#30,796by JFG Media24 days ago
Logs front-end javascript errors, and displays them in a dashboard widget
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Esen Trends Dashboard
Up in the last 7 days:106#34,379by Kemal CIZOGLU11 months ago
Display Google Trends RSS data directly in your WordPress dashboard and post editor.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Historian
Down in the last 7 days:457#34,720by Ryan Neudorf3 years ago
Historian Block aka "this week in history" for your blog.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 5/day
Right Here Right Now
#35,381by Mustafa Uysal7 years ago
Replace wordpress right now widget with "Right Here Right Now" widget. (Inspired by Ghost)
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nova Dashboard Widget
Up in the last 7 days:3,289#37,508by Conor Lyons13 years ago
The Nova Dashboard widget adds all the BBC News rss feed to your Dashboard
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Network Sites Counts Dashboard Widget
Up in the last 7 days:4,640#38,557by Michael Beckwith3 years ago
Display a list of post counts for all your sites in your network.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
µMint Plugin
Up in the last 7 days:2,557#40,445by jwriteclub18 years ago
µMint is a tiny plugin to integrate MINT statistics right into wordpress.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dashboard
Down in the last 7 days:947#41,568by Ricardo Gonzalez18 years ago
Widget for the WordPress +2.7 dashboard to display the latest technorati reactions.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
RankRiskIndex
Down in the last 7 days:195#42,514by Jonathan Griffin10 years ago
This plugin shows the daily updated Rank Risk Index by Rank Ranger
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Highest Sell Products Woocommerce
Up in the last 7 days:4,471#42,526by swadeshswain11 years ago
This plugin show the Highest sell product on your Site dashboard section
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Dashboard Posts Stats
Down in the last 7 days:303#45,348by Felipe Lavín13 years ago
Add a nice graph with your published posts during the last 30 days on a dashboard widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Dash Support
Down in the last 7 days:5,696#45,451by Moe Loubani9 years ago
A plugin that adds a contact form on the dashboard for developers to use to give clients an easier way to contact them.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nova Dashboard Widget
#46,854by Conor Lyons13 years ago
The Nova Dashboard widget adds the BBC News Politics rss feed to your Dashboard
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pendig Reviews Dashboard Widget
Down in the last 7 days:4,539#47,322by brandt-net13 years ago
Widget for the WordPress 2.7+ dashboard to display the current pending reviews.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Nova Dashboard Widget
Down in the last 7 days:1,657#48,038by Conor Lyons13 years ago
The Nova Dashboard widget adds the BBC News Technology rss feed to your Dashboard
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Siteversary
#52,838by drdrksa3 months ago
Discover your WordPress site's birthday. See the installation date, your site's age, and a countdown to the next anniversary - right on the dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Gelber Zettel
#54,316by woocon1 month ago
One square sticky note on the WordPress dashboard with simple B/I/U/S formatting and auto-save. Free edition.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Scheduled Content Dashboard
Up in the last 7 days:9,650#55,310by Jean Galea14 days ago
Editorial calendar with drag-and-drop, a grouped content overview, and a dashboard widget. Auto-fixes missed schedules. No bloat.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WebAudit Homepage SEO Checker
Up in the last 7 days:6,568#55,678by webaudit1 month ago
See your website's on-page SEO score right inside WordPress — then get a full AI-powered audit at WebAudit AI Tool.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Quick Draft CPT
Up in the last 7 days:2,868#64,681by Prince Kumar3 years ago
Add quick draft widgets in dashboard for custom post types. An easy setting page (Setting->Quick draft CPT) to choose the required custom post types.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Login Inspector Pro
#66,256by Nacho V.5 months ago
Monitor and inspect login/logout activity on your site. Get failed-attempt alerts, user activity logs, and dashboard insights.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Wayne's Web World Extension Status Dashboard
#67,570by wayneoz1 month ago
Displays the number of installed, activated, and deactivated plugins directly on your WordPress dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Registered User Dashboard Widget
Down in the last 7 days:12,178#71,753by OutsourcingVN5 years ago
Show number of user registered monthly
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day