How To Customize Your WordPress Dashboard
If you need help using WordPress, go here for a step-by-step tutorial about using your site’s admin area:
If your site is a WP website, and you are logging in and out of your admin area on a regular basis, then it pays to know how to customize the WordPress Dashboard.
In this tutorial, we’ll show you a number of simple things you can do to customize your WordPress admin area without editing any web code.
Decluttering The WordPress Dashboard
As your site gets bigger, your admin area can end up looking quite busy …
Fortunately, you can declutter your admin area by hiding, minimizing and rearranging the layout of your admin panels.
How To Hide Dashboard Panels
The Screen Options tab is found in the top-right corner of your WP administration screen, in the header section …
In the main Dashboard, click on the Screen Options tab to configure options like which panels of your Dashboard work area you want to hide or display …
By ticking or unticking boxes, you can end up with a tidier-looking Dashboard, and display only important information …
Minimizing Dashboard Panels
You can also minimize content blocks inside your dashboard area by clicking on the symbol in the corner of a panel’s title bar …
This will help keep your working space uncluttered. You can display/hide as much information inside your dashboard as you like …
Reorganizing WordPress Dashboard Panels
You can also reorganize the layout of your site’s dashboard using “drag and drop” …
Many panels in your WP dashboard can also be further configured when hovered over with your mouse. For example, here is a content area showing only the expand/collapse icon …
Hovering over the panel’s title bar, however, displays additional configuration options …
As well as rearranging scheme will take effect immediately …
To learn more about customizing your WordPress admin colors, see the tutorial below:
Hopefully, this tutorial has shown you a number of quick and easy ways to customize your site’s admin area without touching code or adding additional plugins. All it takes is a few clicks of the mouse.
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