Frustrated – need assistance

WordPress.org (that’s here) doesn’t ‘run’ any subscriber websites. It is the home of a piece of software called ‘WordPress’ that you download and install on your own server. WordPress.com does host blogs. Are you sure you are in the right place?

You should really go to the WordPress.com forums for help. Not to be rude, its just that that is the best place for you to get help with a WordPress.com blog.

12paws, they are different. It isn’t the software so much as it is the hosting environment. I install/modify/manage WordPress on servers that are paid for by companies/clients. I can do just about anything I want with WordPress. I can install any plugin or theme I feel like. I can add and edit and hack until I run out of ideas. That is not the case with the blogs hosted at WordPress.com. That software is installed by WordPress.com on WordPress.com servers. What you can and cannot do in that environment is different. You will have better luck talking to people who operate in that other environment.

To answer an earlier question, no you don’t need to use FTP. You can’t use FTP at WordPress.com.

You are given a function right at the bottom of the page. It starts with // Create the function to use in the action hook.

What you need to do is copy that function and paste it into your theme’s functions.php. The function given removes two dashboard widgets– the lines starting with ‘unset’. You need to add similar ‘unset’ lines to remove any other widgets you don’t want. Look a paragraph or so above the functions for the string to use in the unset().

The function works for me. All you should have to do is paste the function somewhere between the existing <?php and ?> tags. Right at the top after <?php should word fine. The following removes everything from the Dashboard, except the left-hand nav panel.

function example_remove_dashboard_widgets() {
        global $wp_meta_boxes;
        unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_quick_press']);
        unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_incoming_links']);
        unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_right_now']);
        unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_recent_comments']);
        unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['normal']['core']['dashboard_plugins']);
        unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_recent_drafts']);
        unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_primary']);
        unset($wp_meta_boxes['dashboard']['side']['core']['dashboard_secondary']);
}
add_action('wp_dashboard_setup', 'example_remove_dashboard_widgets' );

p.s. how do you hide “Posted in Uncategorized” after every posting? I read that it can’t be deleted.

What do you mean? On the front end? That’s a simple theme edit.