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wp-content/plugins/yardarm/yardarm.php

Yardarm

Take back the admin bar and the dashboard from every plugin that put something there.

== Description ==

By plugin fourteen the admin bar has nine items nobody uses and the dashboard has six widgets that each make an HTTP request on load. Yardarm lists everything, says which plugin added it, and lets you remove or reorder per role.

It measures what each dashboard widget costs in requests and milliseconds, so removing the two slowest is an informed decision rather than a guess.

Removals are per role, so an administrator can keep the update nag that an author should never see.

== Screenshots ==

Numbered the way they ship in /assets/. Click any one to see it full width.

== Installation ==

  • Install and activate the plugin.
  • Open Settings → Admin Bar and look at the cost column.
  • Remove per role.

Nothing is removed by default. The first screen is a report, not a set of changes.

== Frequently asked questions ==

Does removing a widget break the plugin?

No. It stops the widget rendering; the plugin is untouched.

Network-wide?

Yes, with per-site overrides.

== Changelog ==

= 2.2.0 =

  • Cost measurement per dashboard widget: requests made and time spent.
  • Per-role removal, previously global.

= 2.0.0 =

  • Rewritten to enumerate items dynamically rather than from a hardcoded list that went stale every WordPress release.