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
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.zipReadme
=== 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
| Tag | Published |
|---|---|
| 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.