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Developer<\/th>\nAbhishek Sinha<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Version<\/th>\nv1.0.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Active Installs<\/th>\n0 +<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Requires \/ Tested<\/th>\n5.8 \/ 6.9.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Last Updated<\/th>\n2026-05-20 11:25am GMT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Official Link<\/th>\nView Details \u2192<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
Selectively disable WordPress features to improve performance, security, and cleanliness. Toggle each feature individually from a single settings page …<\/div>\n

Abhishek Site Cleanup Controls gives developers and site owners fine-grained control over 35+ WordPress features that are often unnecessary. Each feature has a simple on\/off toggle, organised into five logical groups inside Settings -> Site Cleanup Controls<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

No features are enabled by default \u2014 activate only what you need.<\/p>\n

Security<\/h4>\n
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  • User Enumeration<\/strong> \u2014 Block ?author=N redirect attacks that expose usernames.<\/li>\n
  • Author Archives<\/strong> \u2014 Return 404 for author archive pages.<\/li>\n
  • XML-RPC + Pingback<\/strong> \u2014 Fully disable the XML-RPC endpoint and remove the X-Pingback header.<\/li>\n
  • Plugin and Theme Editor<\/strong> \u2014 Set DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT to prevent in-admin file editing.<\/li>\n
  • Application Passwords<\/strong> \u2014 Disable the Application Passwords feature.<\/li>\n
  • REST API<\/strong> \u2014 Restrict REST API access to authenticated users only.<\/li>\n
  • Right Click<\/strong> \u2014 Disable the browser context menu on the frontend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Performance<\/h4>\n
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    • Emojis<\/strong> \u2014 Remove all emoji scripts, styles, and DNS prefetch hints.<\/li>\n
    • Embed Objects<\/strong> \u2014 Disable WordPress oEmbed and embed scripts.<\/li>\n
    • Dashicons<\/strong> \u2014 Prevent Dashicons from loading for non-logged-in visitors.<\/li>\n
    • Heartbeat<\/strong> \u2014 Deregister the Heartbeat API script.<\/li>\n
    • Block Library CSS<\/strong> \u2014 Remove wp-block-library and global-styles stylesheets on the frontend.<\/li>\n
    • Version Var (?ver=)<\/strong> \u2014 Strip ?ver= query strings from enqueued asset URLs.<\/li>\n
    • PDF Thumbnails<\/strong> \u2014 Skip thumbnail generation for uploaded PDF files.<\/li>\n
    • oEmbed<\/strong> \u2014 Remove oEmbed discovery links and disable autoembed.<\/li>\n
    • Remote Block Patterns<\/strong> \u2014 Stop WordPress fetching patterns from api.wordpress.org.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Head Cleanup<\/h4>\n
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      • Generator Meta Tag<\/strong> \u2014 Remove the WordPress version meta tag from head.<\/li>\n
      • WLW Manifest<\/strong> \u2014 Remove the Windows Live Writer manifest link.<\/li>\n
      • Really Simple Discovery (RSD)<\/strong> \u2014 Remove the RSD link tag.<\/li>\n
      • Short Link<\/strong> \u2014 Remove the shortlink tag and HTTP header.<\/li>\n
      • Adjacent Posts Links<\/strong> \u2014 Remove prev\/next link tags from single post heads.<\/li>\n
      • RSS Feeds<\/strong> \u2014 Redirect all feed URLs to the homepage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Admin Cleanup<\/h4>\n
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        • capital_P_dangit<\/strong> \u2014 Remove WordPress forced capitalisation filter.<\/li>\n
        • Screen Options and Help Tabs<\/strong> \u2014 Hide Screen Options and Help dropdowns.<\/li>\n
        • Howdy to Welcome<\/strong> \u2014 Replace “Howdy,” with “Welcome,” in the admin bar.<\/li>\n
        • Navigation Items in Admin Bar<\/strong> \u2014 Remove WP logo, site name, updates, and comments.<\/li>\n
        • Clean Dashboard<\/strong> \u2014 Remove all default dashboard widgets.<\/li>\n
        • Privacy Tools<\/strong> \u2014 Hide Export\/Erase Personal Data from the Tools menu.<\/li>\n
        • Site Health Page<\/strong> \u2014 Hide Site Health from the Tools menu.<\/li>\n
        • WP Login Logo and Favicon<\/strong> \u2014 Hide the WordPress logo on the login page.<\/li>\n
        • Admin Email Verification Prompt<\/strong> \u2014 Disable the admin email confirm interstitial.<\/li>\n
        • Empty Trash (1 week)<\/strong> \u2014 Shorten automatic trash-emptying from 30 days to 7 days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Content<\/h4>\n
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          • Comments<\/strong> \u2014 Disable comments sitewide.<\/li>\n
          • Post Revisions<\/strong> \u2014 Disable revision storage.<\/li>\n
          • Search<\/strong> \u2014 Redirect all search queries to the homepage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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