Killer Pads
[WordPress Plug-in] Killer Pads is a plugin like security pads for "prevention is better than cure". It activates the default configuration of security and operational efficiency to WordPress websites.
by KODANSHAtech LLC. · github.com/kodansha/killer-pads · 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/kodansha/killer-pads/archive/refs/heads/main.zipAlso on Packagist as kodansha/killer-pads:
composer require kodansha/killer-padsFrom the readme
Killer Pads (WordPress Plug-in)
Killer Pads is a plugin like security pads for "prevention is better than cure".
It activates the default configuration of security and operational efficiency
to WordPress websites.
Features
Admin page customization
- Disable admin dashboard page
- Add favicon to admin pages (favicon.ico, favicon.png or favicon.svg must be placed in your theme's root directory)
- Disable post autosave
- Limit the number of post revisions to 100 by default
- Disable comments features by default
Remove REST routes
- Remove all routes except ones used by famous plugins and explicitly whitelisted
Security concerns
- Disable XML-RPC
Installation
This plugin is intended to be installed exclusively via Composer.
Configure your composer.json like the following:
Configuration
REST routes
By default, only the following namespaces are allowed in whitelist:
- api
- preview
If you want to provide your own whitelist (e.g. wp/v2), add the following to wp-config.php:
Warning
Rest routes that start with /wp/v2/users are always blocked even when the wp/v2 namespace is whitelisted.
Remove Dashboard function configuration
When activating this plugin, admin home page
Read the full README on GitHub →
Releases
| Tag | Published |
|---|---|
| v1.6.0 | Apr 19, 2025 |
| v1.5.7 | Mar 8, 2025 |
| v1.5.6 | Mar 8, 2025 |
| v1.5.5 | Mar 6, 2024 |
| v1.5.4 | Jan 17, 2024 |
| v1.5.3 | Jan 17, 2024 |
| v1.5.2 | Jan 17, 2024 |
| v1.5.1 | Jan 17, 2024 |
| v1.5.0 | Jan 7, 2024 |
| v1.4.0 | Aug 9, 2022 |
These releases are tags only. The author does not attach a packaged zip, so there are no download counts to report.