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Blue Dog Website Manager

A collection of utility modules for managing common WordPress site settings — enable or disable features on a per-site basis.

by Blue Dog Digital · github.com/bluedognz/website-manager · website

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/bluedognz/website-manager/archive/refs/heads/main.zip

Readme

=== Blue Dog Website Manager === Contributors: bluedogdigital Tags: utility, admin, media, comments, performance Requires at least: 5.8 Tested up to: 6.7 Requires PHP: 7.4 Stable tag: 1.0.16 License: GPLv2 or later

A collection of utility modules for managing common WordPress site settings — enable or disable features on a per-site basis.

== Description ==

Blue Dog Website Manager provides a clean admin interface to enable or disable commonly needed WordPress features without manual code editing.

Current modules:

  • Replace Dashboard with Beaver Builder Template
  • Disable Comments
  • Disable Automatic Additional Image Sizes
  • Enable SVG Upload Support
  • Disable Admin Email Verification Check
  • Auto-Set Image Metadata on Upload
  • Microthemer: Retain Styles When Deactivated
  • Hide Page Builder Button on Non-Builder Pages
  • Owner-Only Plugin Visibility (hides a specified plugin's menu, admin bar item, Plugins row, and notices from non-owner admins)

== Auto-updates via GitHub ==

This plugin self-updates from its GitHub repository. No WordPress.org account needed.

To avoid GitHub API rate limits across many sites, add a personal access token to wp-config.php:

define( 'WEBSITE_MANAGER_GH_TOKEN', 'ghp_your_token_here' );

A classic token with no scopes (read-only public repo access) is sufficient for public repositories.

== Export / Import Settings ==

Settings can be exported as a base64 string and imported into another site via the Import panel on either the Modules or Settings tab.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.16 =

  • Changed: Microthemer "Retain Styles When Deactivated" module now mirrors Microthemer's own vendor snippet verbatim (variable names, comments) for cleaner future diffs

= 1.0.15 =

  • Added: Owner-Only Plugin Visibility module — hides a specified plugin's admin menu, admin bar status, Plugins list row, and notices from every admin except the owner
  • Added: Modules can now be marked owner-only, so the toggle itself never appears (grid, save, or export) for anyone but the owner

= 1.0.14 =

  • Added: Hide Page Builder Button on Non-Builder Pages module — removes the BB / Page Builder admin bar button on the frontend for pages where the builder is not enabled

= 1.0.13 =

  • Added: "Switch to" button on the User Profile edit page
  • Added: "Switch to Customer" button on WooCommerce order admin pages
  • Added: Fixed red bar at the bottom of the frontend with a "Return to Admin" link — shown when switched to a user whose admin bar is hidden (e.g. customers)
  • Fixed: Switch-back now works from the frontend as well as the admin

= 1.0.12 =

  • Fixed: Microthemer "Retain Styles When Deactivated" module — now correctly uses Microthemer's own AssetLoad class instead of manually enqueuing CSS files

= 1.0.11 =

  • Added: User Switching module — switch into any user account from the Users list with a one-click return
  • Security: Switch links visible to owner only; cannot switch to the owner account; cookie is signed to prevent tampering

= 1.0.10 =

  • Fixed: Plugin description now displays correctly in WP Plugins list under white label mode

= 1.0.9 =

  • Fixed: Plugin now always appears under Tools menu, never in main admin sidebar (including white label mode)
  • Fixed: Plugin name now correctly renamed in WP Plugins list when white label is active

= 1.0.8 =

  • Changed: Removed plugin from main admin sidebar — accessible via Tools only
  • Added: "Open with Page Builder" link next to active BB dashboard template
  • Changed: Updated plugin description

= 1.0.7 =

  • Added: Disable Admin Email Verification Check module
  • Added: Auto-Set Image Metadata on Upload module
  • Added: Microthemer: Retain Styles When Deactivated module
  • Fixed: Import/Export now works on the Settings tab as well as Modules
  • Fixed: Plugin layout now centred correctly
  • Fixed: Settings page save no longer wipes the BB dashboard template selection

= 1.0.6 =

  • Fixed: Settings page CSS not loading (hook name derived from menu title, not slug)
  • Fixed: BB dashboard widget not rendering — resolved closed postbox state on first load
  • Fixed: Dashboard widget now forces full-width single-column layout
  • Changed: Architectural fix to card/gear/toggle HTML structure
  • Changed: Settings page styling reworked to match Modules page

Read the full README on GitHub →

Releases

TagPublished
v1.0.15 Jul 10, 2026
v1.0.14 Jun 8, 2026
v1.0.13 May 26, 2026
v1.0.12 May 20, 2026
v1.0.11 May 20, 2026
v1.0.10 May 15, 2026
v1.0.9 May 15, 2026
v1.0.8 May 15, 2026
v1.0.7 May 14, 2026

These releases are tags only. The author does not attach a packaged zip, so there are no download counts to report.