by saas 5 (6 reviews)

Disabler

Name: Disabler
Rating: 5.0 (6 reviews)
Author: saas

Instead of installing a million plugins to disable features you don't want, why not use just ONE plugin?

Disabler ranks #7,115 among WordPress.org plugins with 900+ active installations, is #450 of 4,488 in the Security category, a 5/5 rating from 6 reviews, and was last updated Jul 10, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1)

v4.0.4 Current Version v4.0.4

Updated 2 months ago Last Update on 10 Jul, 2026

Refreshed 16 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#450 of 4,488 in Security Top 10% by installs

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Rank

#7,115

-11 this week

Active Installs

900+

-9.5%

KW Avg Position

84.3

0.7 better

Downloads

27.5K

+1 today

Support Resolved

— No change

Rating

100%

Review 5 out of 5

5 (6 reviews)

Next Milestone 1K

Total Progress 81%

900+ 1K+

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Reviews & Ratings

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6 reviews

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Jul 20, 2023

Disabler [disabler] < 4.0.0

CVE-2023-37998 · Fixed in v4.0.0

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Plugin Details

Version: 4.0.4
Last Updated: Jul 10, 2026
Requires WP: 7.0+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 8.2 or higher
Author: saas

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
Reviews: 6
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

Keywords

disable performance rest-api security updates

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to disable specific built-in features without installing many separate plugins. It solves the problem of needing multiple single-purpose plugins by consolidating toggles for editor, media, admin bar, feeds, REST API, XML-RPC, privacy, and update settings into one configurable interface.

Disable smart quotes texturization
Disable admin bar for roles
Disable XML-RPC selectively
Disable REST API for visitors
Disable post revisions per type
Disable various feed types
Control plugin/theme update behavior
Disable emojis and embeds

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Disabler

Its compatible with v6.0+. You should upgrade it, if you're not at least on the latest main version (which right now is v6.5.x)

In my rough testing, yes. It even works network wide AND in the mu-plugins, though personally, I'd let people decide if they want it or not for their blogs. Activate it network wide, let people decide how they want to impliment it. Remember, EVEN if you activate this site wide, the DEFAULT per blog is for the settings to be OFF. So if you want them on for each site without the option to change, then this is NOT the plugin for you. Sorry.

Probably. Tell me what you want to add and I'll see if I can do it.

Start with turning off your other plugins. There are a few that mess with formatting. "Shortcodes Ultimate" -- You will need to turn on the option in that plugin to "Disable custom formatting - Enable this option if you have some problems with other plugins or content formatting." From what I can tell, it's overriding the default customs with it's own.