diff --git src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index 349acfa..dc21fc6 100644
--- src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ function wp_add_dashboard_widget( $widget_id, $widget_name, $callback, $control_
 	$screen = get_current_screen();
 	global $wp_dashboard_control_callbacks;
 
+	$private_callback_args = array( '__widget_basename' => $widget_name );
+
+	if ( is_null( $callback_args ) ) {
+		$callback_args = $private_callback_args;
+	} else if ( is_array( $callback_args ) ) {
+		$callback_args = array_merge( $callback_args, $private_callback_args );
+	}
+
 	if ( $control_callback && current_user_can( 'edit_dashboard' ) && is_callable( $control_callback ) ) {
 		$wp_dashboard_control_callbacks[$widget_id] = $control_callback;
 		if ( isset( $_GET['edit'] ) && $widget_id == $_GET['edit'] ) {
diff --git src/wp-admin/includes/screen.php src/wp-admin/includes/screen.php
index a72a807..6313c7f 100644
--- src/wp-admin/includes/screen.php
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/screen.php
@@ -117,10 +117,19 @@ function meta_box_prefs( $screen ) {
 				// Submit box cannot be hidden
 				if ( 'submitdiv' == $box['id'] || 'linksubmitdiv' == $box['id'] )
 					continue;
-				$box_id = $box['id'];
-				echo '<label for="' . $box_id . '-hide">';
-				echo '<input class="hide-postbox-tog" name="' . $box_id . '-hide" type="checkbox" id="' . $box_id . '-hide" value="' . $box_id . '"' . (! in_array($box_id, $hidden) ? ' checked="checked"' : '') . ' />';
-				echo "{$box['title']}</label>\n";
+
+				$widget_title = $box['title'];
+
+				if ( isset( $box['args']['__widget_basename'] ) ) {
+					$widget_title = $box['args']['__widget_basename'];
+				}
+
+				printf(
+					'<label for="%1$s-hide"><input class="hide-postbox-tog" name="%1$s-hide" type="checkbox" id="%1$s-hide" value="%1$s" %2$s />%3$s</label>',
+					esc_attr( $box['id'] ),
+					checked( in_array( $box['id'], $hidden ), false, false ),
+					$widget_title
+				);
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git src/wp-admin/includes/template.php src/wp-admin/includes/template.php
index bc103fa..b38ee68 100644
--- src/wp-admin/includes/template.php
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/template.php
@@ -1027,8 +1027,16 @@ function do_meta_boxes( $screen, $context, $object ) {
 					$hidden_class = in_array($box['id'], $hidden) ? ' hide-if-js' : '';
 					echo '<div id="' . $box['id'] . '" class="postbox ' . postbox_classes($box['id'], $page) . $hidden_class . '" ' . '>' . "\n";
 					if ( 'dashboard_browser_nag' != $box['id'] ) {
+						$widget_title =  $box[ 'title' ];
+
+						if ( is_array( $box[ 'args' ] ) && isset( $box[ 'args' ][ '__widget_basename' ] ) ) {
+							$widget_title = esc_html( $box[ 'args' ][ '__widget_basename' ] );
+							//do not pass this parameter to the user callback function
+							unset( $box[ 'args' ][ '__widget_basename' ] );
+						}
+
 						echo '<button type="button" class="handlediv button-link" aria-expanded="true">';
-						echo '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . sprintf( __( 'Toggle panel: %s' ), $box['title'] ) . '</span>';
+						echo '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . sprintf( __( 'Toggle panel: %s' ), $widget_title ) . '</span>';
 						echo '<span class="toggle-indicator" aria-hidden="true"></span>';
 						echo '</button>';
 					}