Remove Unused Default Widgets
Unregisters rarely used classic widgets (Meta, Calendar, RSS, Tag Cloud, Pages and Recent Comments) to declutter the widget list.
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Code
add_action( 'widgets_init', function () {
// Delete a line to keep that widget.
$widgets = array(
'WP_Widget_Meta',
'WP_Widget_Calendar',
'WP_Widget_RSS',
'WP_Widget_Tag_Cloud',
'WP_Widget_Pages',
'WP_Widget_Recent_Comments',
);
foreach ( $widgets as $widget ) {
unregister_widget( $widget );
}
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