Disable Everything PRO

Choose which WordPress functions to disable

Disable Everything PRO brings controls for WordPress features, administration, and selected settings from other extensions into one settings area. Choose a combination, save your changes, and return to the settings to re-enable an option if your site's needs change. Check whether other parts of your website rely on a capability before turning it off.

Controls by area and version

The free version covers user enumeration, author archives, the capital_P_dangit correction, Screen Options and Help, the Howdy message, admin-bar navigation, and Clean Dashboard. Its other controls include emojis, embed objects, Dashicons, Heartbeat, XML-RPC and pingbacks, the generator tag, WLW manifest, Really Simple Discovery, short links, RSS feeds, REST API access, the Block Library, and application passwords.

Additional listed options cover Privacy Tools, the Site Health page, adjacent post links in the header, version query strings after styles and scripts, PDF thumbnails, and Empty Trash with its period shortened to one week. The extension and theme editor, oEmbed, and remote block patterns are also listed among these controls.

PRO controls include completely disabling comments, WordPress updates, update email notifications for themes and add-ons, post revisions, search, lazy loading, and administration email verification prompts. They also cover the WordPress login logo and favicon, right-click behavior, the admin footer, and selected elements from Yoast SEO, WooCommerce, Elementor, Jetpack, Contact Form 7, Autoptimize, and W3 Total Cache.

Review settings before applying them

Choose only the controls that fit the site's publishing and administration needs. Disabling shared functions such as REST API access, search, updates, or application passwords can affect processes that use them. Save the settings after making your selections, then return to the same page if you need to turn an option back on.

Install and configure

1. In WordPress, find Disable Everything from Plugins > Add New, or upload its ZIP file from the Add New add-on screen.
2. Activate the plugin from the Plugins menu.
3. Open Settings > Disable Everything.
4. Under Options, select the features you do not intend to use.
5. Scroll to the bottom and select Save Changes.