How to remove “News from Modern Tribe” dashboard widget

If you need to remove the “News from Modern Tribe” dashboard widget by The Events Calendar plugin from Modern Tribe you can add a simple bit of code to your theme’s functions file.

The “News from Modern Tribe” dashboard widget will looks something like this:

Remove "News from Modern Tribe" dashboard widget

You can hide this dashboard widget by using the WordPress Dashboard Widgets API. You simply add this bit of code to your theme’s function file:

/*
 * Remove "News from Modern Tribe" dashboard widget from Tribe Events Calendar Pro
 */
function remove_tribe_dashboard_widget() {
    remove_meta_box( 'tribe_dashboard_widget', 'dashboard', 'side' );
}
add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'remove_tribe_dashboard_widget' );

There are a number of similar explanations for hiding The Events Calendar plugin dashboard widget, but most at the publishing of this post are out of date. You can still find theme here:

So if the resources above continue to stay out of date, you should still be able to remove the Tribe Events Calendar “News from Modern Tribe” dashboard widget by using the functions snippet I’ve provided above.

Post written by Ed Reckers

Founder and lead web development consultant at Red Bridge Internet : San Francisco WordPress Developers and Consultants.

One Response to “How to remove “News from Modern Tribe” dashboard widget”

  1. Laura

    If code does not seem to work, try with ‘normal’ instead of ‘side’.

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