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If you need help using WordPress, you may want to see this detailed tutorial about using your site’s admin area: The WordPress Dashboard Explained

Is your site powered by WordPress? If so, and you have to log in and out of your admin area regularly, it’s useful to know how to customize the WordPress Dashboard.

In this tutorial, we’ll show you a number of quick and easy ways to customize the WordPress control panel without touching any code.

Decluttering Your WordPress Dashboard

As your site grows, your admin section can end up looking very cluttered …

Fortunately, you can declutter the work area by hiding, minimizing and reorganizing your information sections.

Hiding Information Panels

The Screen Options tab is found in the top-right corner of your WordPress admin screen, in the header section …

In the main Dashboard, clicking on the Screen Options tab lets you specify options such as which panels of your Dashboard screen you want to hide or display …

By choosing to keep some elements hidden, you can organize your admin dashboard, and access only information that is absolutely important …

How To Minimize Information Elements

You can also minimize information blocks in your dashboard area by clicking on the icon in the corner of a panel’s title bar …

This will help keep your working area uncluttered. You can expand/collapse as much information inside your dashboard section as you like …

Reorganizing Work Area Panels

You can also reorganize the the information panels your admin dashboard using “drag and drop” …

Some content panels in your dashboard allow you to configure additional options that may not be obvious at first glance …

Hovering over the panel’s title bar, however, displays additional configuration options …

As well as reorganizing scheme will take effect immediately …

Hopefully, this tutorial has shown you a number of simple ways to customize your Dashboard without editing web code or adding any new plugins. All it takes is a few clicks of the mouse.

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