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Bros Clean Admin – Hide Dashboard Ads

by Enea

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Description

Many plugins flood your wp-admin with:

  • “Go Pro / Upgrade” boxes
  • Black Friday / Cyber Monday sales
  • “Please rate us 5-stars” notices

Bros Clean Admin – Hide Dashboard Ads quietly removes that noise so you can focus on your work.

What it does:

  • Hides most dashboard promo widgets and sale banners
  • Hides annoying “Rate us / Leave a review” nags
  • Hides common plugin promo boxes on settings pages
  • Keeps core error/warning notices visible
  • Simple options page under Settings Clean Admin
  • Supports translations via bros-clean-admin-hide-dashboard-ads text domain
  • Custom promo/review keyword lists for power users
  • Settings reset to defaults with one click
  • Shows a quick activation notice with direct Settings link

This plugin only runs in wp-admin and does not affect your frontend.

If you enjoy this plugin and want to support development, you can buy me a coffee here:
https://ko-fi.com/W7W51P4XY6

Development and source code:

  • Author profile: https://github.com/EneaCodes/
  • Plugin repository: https://github.com/EneaCodes/clean-admin

Advanced Usage

Custom Keywords

You can add your own keywords to hide specific promotions or review requests. For example:

  • To hide “Early Bird” offers: add early bird to Custom Promo Keywords.
  • To hide “Beta Tester” requests: add beta tester to Custom Review Keywords.

Each field accepts a comma-separated list of phrases. Matching is done in a simple “contains text” way, case-insensitive.

Hooks for Developers

You can filter the default keyword lists using these filters:

  • brosclad_promo_words – filter the default promo words array.
  • brosclad_review_words – filter the default review words array.

Example:

add_filter( 'brosclad_promo_words', function( $words ) { $words[] = 'early bird'; return $words; } );
  1. Upload the bros-clean-admin-hide-dashboard-ads folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory, or install via the Plugins Add New screen.
  2. Activate Bros Clean Admin – Hide Dashboard Ads through the “Plugins” menu in WordPress.
  3. Go to Settings Clean Admin and choose which types of notices to hide.
  4. (Optional) Add your own keywords in the advanced settings to hide more promo/review texts.
Does this affect my site frontend?

No. Clean Admin only runs in the WordPress admin area (/wp-admin).

Will it hide core error messages?

The plugin tries to keep anything that looks like a real error or warning (for example WordPress core error notices).
It mainly targets promotional, upsell, and review messages.

Can this break a plugin?

It only hides UI elements with CSS/JS based on their text content and classes.
It does not disable hooks or remove code, so in normal cases it should not break functionality.

Does it support Elementor / similar plugins?

Yes, Clean Admin can hide many Elementor / ElementsKit / other plugin promo boxes and review nags, but it cannot guarantee 100% coverage for every plugin.

Where is the Settings link?

On the Plugins page, there is a direct Settings link under Clean Admin, or go to Settings Clean Admin.

1.1.1

  • Fixed function prefix to meet WordPress.org requirements (changed from “caa” to “brosclad”).
  • Fixed CSS enqueuing to use wp_add_inline_style instead of inline styles.
  • Updated JavaScript file name to match new prefix.
  • Updated contributor username in readme.txt.

1.1.0

  • Added text domain loading for translations.
  • Added “Settings” link on Plugins page.
  • Added activation notice with direct Settings link.
  • Extended promo/review keyword lists and exposed filters.
  • New options for custom promo/review keywords.
  • Added “Reset to Defaults” button.
  • Small performance improvements in JavaScript.

1.0.0

  • Initial release – hide dashboard ads, plugin promos and review nags.
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