Arrange Dashboard Widgets Without Changing Their Content
The same dashboard can serve users with different screens and working preferences. One person may want fewer, wider columns; another may prefer several groups visible side by side. Dashboard Columns exposes that layout choice where WordPress users already look for screen preferences. It changes the arrangement available on Dashboard Home rather than adding another group of module settings to maintain. The default is two columns, and the maximum is four.
The module does not add or remove dashboard widgets. To decide which panels appear at all, use Disable Dashboard Widgets separately. These are distinct decisions: choose the useful panels first, then let each user pick a column layout that makes those panels easier to review.
