lwplugins/lw-disable

Disable WordPress features: comments, emojis, embeds, and more.

v1.3.5 2026-03-22 08:10 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.1
• composer/installers: ^2.0

Requires (Dev)

• squizlabs/php_codesniffer: ^3.0
• wp-coding-standards/wpcs: ^3.0

GPL-2.0-or-later

• LW Plugins

README

Disable WordPress features: comments, emojis, embeds, and more.

Features

General

• Disable Comments - Remove comments completely from your site

Performance

• Disable Emojis - Remove WordPress emoji scripts and styles
• Disable Embeds - Remove oEmbed discovery and scripts
• Disable Heartbeat - Remove WordPress heartbeat API
• Disable Block Library - Remove Gutenberg CSS on frontend

Security

• Disable XML-RPC - Disable XML-RPC protocol
• Restrict REST API - Limit REST API to logged-in users only
• Disable App Passwords - Remove application passwords feature
• Remove Generator - Hide WordPress version meta tag

Head Cleanup

• Remove Shortlink - Remove shortlink from head
• Remove RSD Link - Remove Really Simple Discovery link
• Remove WLW Manifest - Remove Windows Live Writer link
• Remove Version Strings - Strip ?ver= from asset URLs
• Remove Adjacent Posts - Remove prev/next post links

Content

• Disable RSS Feeds - Disable all RSS feeds completely

Installation

composer require lwplugins/lw-disable

Or download and upload to /wp-content/plugins/.

Usage

Admin UI

1. Go to LW Plugins → Disable
2. Check the features you want to disable
3. Save

WP-CLI

# List all features and their status
wp lw-disable list

# Enable a feature
wp lw-disable enable emojis
wp lw-disable enable comments
wp lw-disable enable xmlrpc

# Disable a feature
wp lw-disable disable emojis
wp lw-disable disable heartbeat

# Enable all features at once
wp lw-disable enable-all

# Disable all features (restore WP defaults)
wp lw-disable disable-all

Available features:

Feature	Description
comments	Comments system
emojis	Emoji scripts/styles
embeds	oEmbed system
heartbeat	Heartbeat API
block_library	Gutenberg CSS
xmlrpc	XML-RPC protocol
rest_api	REST API restriction
application_passwords	App passwords
generator	Version meta tag
shortlink	Shortlink header
rsd_link	RSD link
wlw_manifest	WLW manifest
version_strings	Asset version strings
adjacent_posts	Adjacent post links
feeds	RSS feeds

Links

• GitHub
• Packagist
• LW Plugins

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