BuddyPress Hide Widgets Plugin

This plugin solves an annoying BuddyPress issue – BuddyPress widgets being displayed on all sites which should really only be available for the root blog and accessible to site admin.

Add this plugin if you want to be able to select widgets that will be shown on all blogs and restrict others to be shown only on the main blog.

Benefits of BuddyPress Hide Widgets:

More precise control over widgetized areas, beyond what WPMU offers
Enables the main blog to be the “community hub”
Frees non-main blog widgetized areas for other user-selected content

Other plugin options for managing widgets:

1. Custom Content Dashboard Widget - Easily add a widget full of custom content to user dashboards, great for help and support… or sales messages!

Custom Content Dashboard Widget

2. Dashboard Widget Order - Easily customize the order of widgets on all of your users dashboards… giving more prominence to the widgets *you* want them to see and use.

Dashboard Widget Order

3. Recent Global Posts Comments Widget - Display all the latest comments from across your entire WordPress MU site – using a simple but powerful widget!

Recent Global Posts Comments Widget

Start by reading Installing mu-plugins section in our comprehensive BuddyPress Manual if you are new to WordPress MU.

To install:

1. Download the plugin file

2. Unzip the file into a folder on your hard drive

3. Upload the /bp-hide-widgets/ folder in /wp-content/plugins/

BP Hide Widgets in Plugins Folder

To Use:

1. Go to Network Admin -> Plugins in your blog dashboard

2. Click on Network Activate under BP Hide Widgets plugin.

3. Once activated visit BuddyPress > General Settings

BP General Settings

4. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select which BuddyPress widgets you want to disable on all but the main blog and then click Save Settings

5. Visit one of the blogs on your installation and you should see only the widgets you selected to be shown.