Dashboard Columns

by Polygon Themes

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67 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

At roughly 1,000 active installs, adoption is modest, though the score is capped generously relative to its niche size.

Update Freshness

25/25

The plugin was updated on 10 May 2026 and is tested against WordPress 6.9.4, which signals active and current maintenance.

User Rating

6/15

A perfect 100 rating exists but is based on only 2 reviews, so the signal is too thin to be conclusive.

Support Health

8/15

There are zero support threads in the repository, which means either no problems have surfaced or no one is asking for help, leaving support health unclear.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Requiring WordPress 5.8 and PHP 7.4 with a recent 6.9.4 test stamp produces a clean compatibility profile.

Scores higher than 18% of indexed plugins

About

Easily change the number of dashboard columns from Screen Options.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2026-05-10 8:42am GMT

Requires WordPress 5.8+

Tested Up To 6.9.7

Requires PHP 7.4+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Dashboard Columns adds a column count control to the Screen Options tab on the WordPress dashboard, letting you rearrange how many widget columns appear side by side. In practice, you can switch from the default two-column layout to one, three, or more columns to fit more widgets on a single screen. It is a small utility with no settings page and no backend clutter.

Who It's For

This plugin is best for WordPress administrators and agency staff who stack many dashboard widgets for site health, analytics, SEO, or e-commerce reporting and need a denser layout. It also suits content creators and bloggers running multi-author setups who want to consolidate widget views without diving into custom code.

Who Should Skip It

Anyone happy with the default two-column dashboard, or users with only a handful of widgets, will not see any meaningful benefit from installing it. Sites with locked-down admin areas where only a few users even see the dashboard can also skip this entirely.

The Bottom Line

Dashboard Columns does one thing and does it lightly, which is its main appeal and its main limitation. The overall quality score of 66.93 reflects weak popularity and near-empty support data more than any code problem. If you specifically need to cram more dashboard widgets onto one screen, it is a tidy solution; otherwise, the alternatives listed offer far more functionality for similar effort.

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