README

Orbit moulds some of WordPress' default behaviour to simplify the CMS experience, protect users from changing settings that should be reserved for website developers, and reinforce some areas of the CMS that tend to be a little weak.

The plugin is unapologetically opinionated to fit the needs and preferences of our web agency. We feel the choices we've made (including which ones are even configurable in the CMS) are sensible and pragmatic for the kinds of websites we work on and the control we tend to hold back from CMS users. We understand not everyone will agree with the choices we have made.

Installation

This plugin has no prerequisites. Assuming you're using a modern Composer workflow for WordPress development (such as our Nebula WordPress stack) just run the following command and Orbit will be installed as a must-use plugin:

composer require eighteen73/orbit

If necessary, you may install it manually by downloading a Zip archive from GitHub and extracting it to your plugins directory.

Configuration

All available configuration is done via the menu link Settings > Orbit Options.

Summary of Features

UI Cleanup

Remove unwanted items from the menu (with limited configuration)
Remove unwanted items from the toolbar (with limited configuration)
Remove unwanted dashboard widgets
Replace the login logo (configurable)
Remove the footer message in CMS

Security

Disable user endpoints in the REST API (configurable)
Disable XML-RPC (configurable)
Hide the WordPress version in page markup (configurable)
Disable/hide unwanted website markup
- Short links
- REST API links
- Oembed links
- Windows Live Writer manifest links

Other Safety Measures

Disallow robot indexing in non-production environments
Disable updates

Other Features

Adds endpoint "/wp-json/orbit/up" for use as quick website availability check

eighteen73 / orbit

Maintainers

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