A dashboard widget that displays a list of common WordPress directories and their sizes. Handy if you need to keep an eye on the size of your WordPress install. Custom directories can also be configured.

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v1.6.1 December 26, 2024

• Fixed deprecated notices for PHP 8.

v1.6.0 February 24, 2017

• Added a setting for number of decimal places when displaying sizes.
• Added ability to show a sum of all items.

v1.5.0 June 17, 2016

• Viewing/refreshing directory sizes from the dahsboard widget is now done via an async REST API request

v1.4.0 April 27, 2016

• Added WP-CLI support: wp dashboard-directory-size
• Added German translations (thanks Gahapati)

v1.3.0 April 2, 2016

• Updated CSS classes on dashboard widget table
• Made the trimmed path size filterable (defaults to 25 characters)

v1.2.0 September 1, 2015

• Added WP REST API support
• Added .pot file to support upcoming translations

v1.1.0 May 29, 2015

• Added the ability to show the WordPress database size

v1.0.0 April 28, 2015

• Initial release

1. Upload the dashboard-directory-size directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Check Settings/Dashboard Directory Size to fully customize your dashboard widget.

Sample dashboard widget



Settings page