Hide WP Admin Notifications

Description

Hide WP Admin Notifications keeps the WordPress admin area cleaner by hiding dashboard notices until you decide to show them again.

The plugin adds a single setting under Settings > Hide WP Admin Notifications. If you enable notices, they appear again. If you disable them, they stay hidden. Your saved preference is kept during plugin updates.

Features:
* Hides WordPress admin notices by default.
* Lets you turn notices back on from a simple settings page.
* Preserves the saved setting when the plugin is updated.
* Uses a WordPress-native admin interface.

Screenshots

  • The settings page of the Hide WP Admin Notifications plugin.

Installation

  1. Upload the hide-wp-admin-notifications folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Go to the ‘Settings’ menu and click on ‘Hide WP Admin Notifications’ to configure the plugin.

FAQ

How do I enable dashboard notices temporarily?

Go to Settings > Hide WP Admin Notifications and check the box to show admin notices again.

Reviews

December 12, 2024
It works exactly as it should unlike many others! Fascinating work.
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Contributors & Developers

“Hide WP Admin Notifications” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

0.2.3

  • Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 7.0.
  • Fixed the settings checkbox so disabling notices saves correctly after they were previously enabled.
  • Keeps the settings saved notice in the standard WordPress admin position.
  • Kept the existing notice preference unchanged during updates.
  • Refreshed the settings screen and WordPress.org icon/banner assets.

0.2.2

  • Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.9.
  • Improved security by properly escaping output in the settings page.
  • Minor internal cleanup while preserving existing user settings.

0.2.1

  • Confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.8.

0.2

  • Updated compatibility to WordPress 6.7.
  • Ensured user settings are retained during updates.

0.1

  • Initial release.