Remove Site Health From Dashboard

by fullworks

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40 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

With 1,000 active installs it has modest adoption, well below the top alternatives in its category.

Update Freshness

7/25

It was updated in February 2025 and tested against WordPress 6.7.5, though the low PHP 5.6 requirement suggests a minimum-fuss maintenance approach.

User Rating

5/15

Two ratings yielding 80 out of 100 is too small a sample to draw reliable conclusions about user satisfaction.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads indicates either very low engagement or that users have not needed to ask questions, but provides no track record to lean on.

WP Compatibility

8/15

Tested with WordPress 6.7.5 and requiring only WP 5.3 and PHP 5.6, giving it broad compatibility with older and newer installs alike.

Scores higher than 0% of indexed plugins

About

Removes the Site Health from the Dashboard introduced in WP 5.4

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★ 4/5

Last Updated 2025-02-18 6:51pm GMT

Requires WordPress 5.3+

Tested Up To 6.7.7

Requires PHP 5.6+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Remove Site Health From Dashboard hides the Site Health widget that WordPress 5.4 introduced on the main dashboard home screen. It does not delete the Site Health tool itself, which remains accessible at Tools > Site Health; it only removes the dashboard widget. The plugin is essentially a single-function utility that unsets one piece of core UI for admins who find it noisy or unnecessary.

Who It's For

This plugin suits administrators who manage client sites and prefer a cleaner, less intimidating dashboard for end users, particularly on multisite networks or agencies handing off control. It also fits anyone annoyed by the at-a-glance health prompts in wp-admin who does not want to dig through screen options on every site.

Who Should Skip It

Skip this if you actively use the dashboard widget to monitor site status, since you can already disable it via Screen Options without adding another plugin. Developers or anyone wanting deeper site health control should look for a more capable tool instead of this narrow one-trick utility.

The Bottom Line

This plugin does one thing and appears to do it correctly, with recent testing against WordPress 6.7.5 and a current 2025 update. The Overall Quality Score of 43.18 out of 100, driven by tiny install numbers and almost no public feedback, keeps it from a strong recommendation, but it is a reasonable choice if you specifically want this widget gone and value minimalism over features.

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