# Remove WooCommerce Widgets From the Dashboard

> Removes WooCommerce's "Status" and "Recent reviews" boxes from the WordPress dashboard, which also skips the queries they run on every dashboard visit.

- Type: PHP
- Runs: Admin only
- Category: [WooCommerce](https://wpide.com/library/category/woocommerce/)
- Requires: WooCommerce
- Tags: woocommerce, dashboard, performance, admin
- Author: WPIDE Team
- Installs: 0
- Updated: 2026-10-28
- Page: https://wpide.com/library/woo-remove-dashboard-widgets/

## Code

```php
add_action( 'wp_dashboard_setup', function () {
    remove_meta_box( 'woocommerce_dashboard_status', 'dashboard', 'normal' );
    remove_meta_box( 'woocommerce_dashboard_recent_reviews', 'dashboard', 'normal' );
    remove_meta_box( 'wc_admin_dashboard_setup', 'dashboard', 'normal' );
}, 40 );
```

## Notes

Reports remain available under WooCommerce > Reports or Analytics.

## How to use it

Install the free WPIDE plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpide/), find "Remove WooCommerce Widgets From the Dashboard" in its snippet library and add it in one click; or create a new PHP snippet in WPIDE (or any code snippets plugin) and paste the code above. More snippets: https://wpide.com/library/