PureDash Cleaner – WordPress Dashboard Cleaning & Admin Cleanup

Who sees the changes

Only users who can manage site options (administrators by default) can use Zen Mode and manage rules. Rules are stored once for the whole site and apply to every logged-in user who has a role on it, whatever that role is. They are not limited to the account that created them.

Good to know

• Hiding is visual only. Elements are hidden with CSS. Nothing is deleted, the plugin or feature behind an element keeps running, and hiding a menu link does not block access to its page. Do not rely on this plugin to restrict what users can do; use roles and capabilities for that.
• Rules apply inside wp-admin only. The admin bar shown on the front end of your site is not changed.
• No per-role choice in this version. Every rule applies to all user roles that exist on the site when the rule is saved. A role created later is not covered by existing rules.
• Rules depend on page markup. If another plugin changes the HTML of a notice or widget, for example after an update, a rule may stop matching and the element can reappear. Hide it again with Zen Mode.
• One rule can match several elements. If the selected element shares its selector with others, the dialog warns you before you confirm.

Privacy Policy

This plugin utilizes the Freemius SDK to provide optional usage tracking and support services. Data is only sent to freemius.com if you explicitly opt in during activation. For more information, please refer to the Freemius Privacy Policy: https://freemius.com/privacy/

How to Use

Hiding an element with Zen Mode

1. 01Log in to your WordPress admin as an administrator.
2. 02Look for the PureDash Cleaner entry in the top admin bar (black bar at the top). Hover over it to open the submenu.
3. 03Click Toggle Zen Mode . The page enters selection mode and a blue highlight follows your cursor as you move over admin elements.
4. 04Hover over the element you want to hide (a menu item, a dashboard widget, an admin notice, etc.) and click it.
5. 05A dialog appears. Optionally give the element a label so you can identify it later, then click Hide Element to confirm.
6. 06The rule is saved and the page reloads. The element is now hidden on every admin page for all logged-in users of the site, not only for you, until you delete the rule.

If you tick Hide temporarily (Reload to reset) in step 5, nothing is saved: the element is only hidden on the current page until you reload it.

Viewing and managing hidden elements

1. 07Go to Settings > PureDash Cleaner .
2. 08The Blocked Elements tab lists every element that has been hidden on the site, grouped by category (Main Menu, Admin Bar, Dashboard Widgets, Admin Notices, Miscellaneous).
3. 09To restore an element, click the Delete button next to it. It reappears on the next page load.
4. 10To rename a rule’s label, click the pencil icon next to its name.
5. 11To remove every rule at once, use Reset All Settings in the Help & Safe Mode tab or in the admin bar menu. This cannot be undone.

Safe Mode (emergency recovery)

If you accidentally hide something you need and cannot navigate:

• Add ?puredash_safe_mode=1 to any admin URL, for example: https://yoursite.com/wp-admin/?puredash_safe_mode=1 . Rules are disabled for that page load only.
• Or go to Settings > PureDash Cleaner > Help & Safe Mode and click Activate Safe Mode . Rules stay disabled for your user account until you click Exit Safe Mode (in the notice at the top of the page or in the admin bar menu).

Safe Mode only affects your own view. Other users keep seeing the site with all rules applied. Use it to reach the settings page and delete the problematic rule.

Developer options

To disable the plugin entirely without deactivating it, add this line to your wp-config.php :

define( 'PUREDASH_DISABLE', true );

To stop rules from being added, deleted or renamed from Zen Mode and the settings page, add the following line (the Reset All Settings option is not affected):

define( 'PUREDASH_LOCK_SETTINGS', true );