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Deaktiver WP Registry grade A. No security issues foundWP RegistryNo security issues foundOpen the reportA

Disable native features of WordPress that you don't need.

★ 10stars
1.5.3latest · 1mo ago

Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/wpperformance/deaktiver/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.

Deaktiver

WordPress plugin to disable default features you do not need (RSS, comments, jQuery, posts/blog, etc.).

Settings

You can use the plugin options page, or a theme config file for a more accurate setup that avoids a database call:

{theme}/config/deaktiver.php

Example:

<?php

return [
    'emoji' => true,
    'embed' => true,
    'feed' => true,
    'xmlrpc' => true,
    'jquery' => true,
    'jquery-migrate' => true,
    'version' => true,
    'powered-by' => true,
    'wlwmanifest' => true,
    'rsd_link' => true,
    'short_link' => true,
    'rest_link' => true,
    'comments' => true,
    'posts' => true,
    'rest_user' => true,
    'login_url' => true,
    'login_lang_selector' => true,
];

true means the feature is disabled.


Changelog

1.5.2

  • Posts / blog: extract admin post type resolution (resolve_admin_post_type()) and add unit tests for CPT save vs native post block cases. Same allow/block behavior as 1.5.1.

1.5.1

  • Posts / blog: fix CPT save on post.php when posts is disabled — no longer 403 custom post types. Classic editor POSTs to post.php without a query string; resolve post_type from GET, then POST, then get_post_type() of the edited ID. Native posts, categories and tags stay blocked.

1.5.0

  • Posts / blog: new posts option to disable the native blog surface
    • Admin: hide Posts menu, block post/category/tag screens, remove Quick Draft and “New Post” admin bar item
    • Front: 301 redirect to home for single posts, category/tag archives, post-only author/date archives, post feeds, and post-only search
    • Queries: exclude post from front search and secondary queries (Query Loop, etc.)
    • REST: remove /wp/v2/posts, /wp/v2/categories, /wp/v2/tags and related sub-routes
    • Widgets: unregister Recent Posts, Categories, Archives, Calendar, Tag Cloud
  • Bootstrap: main plugin file renamed from index.php to deaktiver.php
  • Admin app: Vite upgraded to v8 (rolldownOptions, import.meta.dirname), dynamic public base path for Bedrock (/app/plugins/...) and classic (/wp-content/plugins/...), Biome config updated for 2.x

Releases

5 releases.

Tag
Published
1.5.3 latest
Sep 16, 2026 1mo ago
Sep 7, 2026 1mo ago
Aug 17, 2026 2mo ago
Aug 9, 2026 2mo ago
Aug 9, 2026 2mo ago

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

A grade

Security

Deaktiver 1.5.3 · audited by WP Registry

No security issues found.

Audited release
1.5.3
Findings
none
Worst severity
—
Content hash
caf71fc96882b4c35c784678…

WP Registry hashes the installable build and reports on that exact bytes-for-bytes copy. Embargoed findings are withheld until they are disclosed, so a clean verdict means nothing public is outstanding. WP Manifest does not audit code itself.