WordPress widget is a small block that performs a specific function.You can have widgets on the frontend as well on the backend admin of the website. The widgets which are available on the dashboard are known as WordPress dashboard widgets.
Site Health Status, At a Glance, Quick Draft, Activity, and WordPress Events and News are five WordPress dashboard widgets you can see on the dashboard when you log in to your WordPress website.
We can use this feature of wordpress to create custom dashboard widgets to provide some useful information.