PureDash Cleaner

PureDash Cleaner helps you clean up your WordPress dashboard without writing CSS or editing theme files. Turn on Zen Mode, click the element you no longer want to see, confirm, and it stays hidden on every admin page. Every hidden element is listed on a settings page, so you can bring it back at any time. It is useful when plugin banners pile up, when the Dashboard screen is full of widgets nobody reads, or when you want a simpler admin area for the people who log in to a site you manage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vjdnMGG9UA What you can hide

• Admin notices – hide admin notices such as promotional banners, review requests and other messages you have already read.
• Dashboard widgets – remove dashboard widgets like Activity, Quick Draft, WordPress Events and News, or boxes added by other plugins.
• Admin menu items – hide top-level admin menu entries or individual submenu links you never use.
• Admin bar items – hide individual links in the toolbar at the top of admin pages.
• Other page elements – almost any other visible block inside wp-admin can be selected.

Some core areas are protected and cannot be selected, such as the whole admin bar, the whole admin menu, the main content area and PureDash Cleaner's own controls. This keeps you from locking yourself out of the interface. How Zen Mode works Zen Mode is the selection tool. Start it from the PureDash Cleaner menu in the admin bar. While it is on, a blue outline follows your mouse and clicking an element selects it instead of following links. A dialog then shows the detected element type and lets you add a label to recognize it later. Press Esc to leave Zen Mode without hiding anything. You can also tick Hide temporarily (Reload to reset). The element disappears from the current page only, nothing is saved, and it comes back as soon as you reload. Managing and restoring hidden elements Go to Settings > PureDash Cleaner to see every saved rule, grouped by category: Main Menu, Admin Bar, Dashboard Widgets, Admin Notices and Miscellaneous. From there you can rename a rule or delete it to make the element visible again. A Reset All Settings option removes every rule at once, and Safe Mode lets you switch off all rules for your own account if you hid something by mistake. 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.

1.2.15

• Security: updated the Freemius SDK to 2.13.5, which fixes a stored cross-site scripting issue in admin notices and two low-severity issues (installation metadata exposure and pricing page manipulation).

1.2.14

• Fixed the "Upgrade to Pro" button in the Hide Element dialog, which linked to a broken wp-admin/undefined URL.
• Rewrote the plugin description and readme: clearer feature list, who the hidden elements apply to, and known limits.

1.2.13

• Internal build cleanup: removed leftover CI/build script files from the distributed plugin package.

1.2.12

• Fixed a build script bug that had been silently removing the free "Edit Label" action from the Blocked Elements list.

1.2.11

• Fixed clean-premium.py stripping the 'is_premium' Freemius flag entirely on WordPress.org builds instead of setting it to false; the SDK defaults it to true when absent, which made the free build behave as if it were the premium package.

1.2.10

• Security/Plugin Check: replaced phpcs:ignore suppressions (not honored by the official Plugin Check tool for security sniffs) with real fixes — proper nonce verification tied to the Safe Mode toggle's $_GET read, nested $_FILES key validation for the config import, and sanitize-at-read for the white-label applied-roles field.

1.2.9

• Fixed remaining WordPress Plugin Check findings: outdated "Tested up to" header (readme.txt and the plugin file docblock), and missing wp_unslash() on white-label color fields.

1.2.8

• Replaced the textual promo banner with an image banner in the "Hide Element" modal for a cleaner look.

1.2.7

• Fixed admin bar "PureDash Cleaner" link pointing to a non-existent page (admin.php) instead of the correct settings page (Settings > PureDash Cleaner).
• Expanded readme with a full "How to Use" section, FAQ, and Safe Mode recovery instructions to help users configure and use the plugin from scratch.

1.2.6

• Security: Added CSS-context sanitization for selector values output via wp_add_inline_style() to prevent potential CSS injection.
• Updated Freemius SDK to 2.13.2.
• Added plugin owner to the Contributors list in readme.txt.

1.2.5

• WordPress.org release: removed premium-only code and upgrade links.
• Fixed the "Edit Label" action on the Blocked Elements list.
• Simplified the Hide Element dialog.

1.0.3

• Updated version to 1.0.3.

1.0.2

• Renamed plugin to PureDash Cleaner for WordPress.org compliance.
• Ensured compatibility with official directory requirements.
• Integrated Freemius SDK with Org-compliant configuration.
• Removed inline styles and scripts for better security.