Title: Site Cleanup Controls
Author: Abhishek Sinha
Published: <strong>20. Mai 2026</strong>
Last modified: 24. August 2026

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# Site Cleanup Controls

 Von [Abhishek Sinha](https://profiles.wordpress.org/devabhisheksinha/)

[Herunterladen](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/abhishek-site-cleanup-controls.1.1.2.zip)

 * [Details](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/abhishek-site-cleanup-controls/#description)
 * [Rezensionen](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/abhishek-site-cleanup-controls/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/abhishek-site-cleanup-controls/#installation)
 * [Entwicklung](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/abhishek-site-cleanup-controls/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/abhishek-site-cleanup-controls/)

## Beschreibung

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**.

No features are enabled by default — activate only what you need.

#### Security

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

#### Performance

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

#### Head Cleanup

 * **Generator Meta Tag** — Remove the WordPress version meta tag from head.
 * **WLW Manifest** — Remove the Windows Live Writer manifest link.
 * **Really Simple Discovery (RSD)** — Remove the RSD link tag.
 * **Short Link** — Remove the shortlink tag and HTTP header.
 * **Adjacent Posts Links** — Remove prev/next link tags from single post heads.
 * **RSS Feeds** — Redirect all feed URLs to the homepage.

#### Admin Cleanup

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

#### Content

 * **Comments** — Disable comments sitewide.
 * **Post Revisions** — Disable revision storage.
 * **Search** — Redirect all search queries to the homepage.

#### WordPress Features

 * **Thumbnails / Featured Images** — Remove post thumbnail support.
 * **Widgets** — Disable all widgets and sidebars.
 * **Navigation Menus** — Remove nav menu theme support.
 * **Tags** — Unregister tags from posts.
 * **Categories** — Unregister categories from posts.
 * **Post Formats** — Remove post format theme support.
 * **Custom Fields** — Remove custom fields meta box from editor.
 * **Excerpts** — Remove excerpt support from posts and pages.
 * **Trackbacks** — Remove trackback support from posts.
 * **Attachment Pages** — Redirect attachment URLs to the file directly.
 * **Automatic Updates** — Disable automatic core, plugin, and theme updates.
 * **Self Pings** — Stop WordPress pinging your own site.
 * **jQuery Migrate** — Remove jQuery Migrate script on the frontend.

## Screenshots

[⌊The main settings page with all features grouped by category.⌉⌊The main settings
page with all features grouped by category.⌉[

The main settings page with all features grouped by category.

[⌊The Security group with individual feature toggles.⌉⌊The Security group with individual
feature toggles.⌉[

The Security group with individual feature toggles.

[⌊The Performance group with individual feature toggles.⌉⌊The Performance group 
with individual feature toggles.⌉[

The Performance group with individual feature toggles.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `abhishek-site-cleanup-controls` folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`.
 2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
 3. Go to **Settings -> Site Cleanup Controls**.
 4. Toggle the features you want to disable and click **Save Changes**.

## FAQ

### Do any features activate automatically?

No. Every feature is off by default. You choose exactly what to enable.

### Will disabling the REST API break the block editor?

No. The toggle only blocks unauthenticated requests. Logged-in users and the block
editor are unaffected.

### Post Revisions or the Plugin/Theme Editor toggle is not working — why?

WP_POST_REVISIONS and DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT are core constants that work most reliably
when defined in wp-config.php before WordPress loads. The plugin sets them at runtime
as a convenience, but for guaranteed effect add them to wp-config.php directly.

### Will my settings be deleted if I deactivate the plugin?

No. Settings are only removed when you delete the plugin. An uninstall.php file 
handles clean removal.

## Rezensionen

Zu diesem Plugin liegen noch keine Rezensionen vor.

## Mitwirkende und Entwickler

„Site Cleanup Controls“ ist Open-Source-Software. Folgende Menschen haben an diesem
Plugin mitgewirkt:

Mitwirkende

 *   [ Abhishek Sinha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/devabhisheksinha/)

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### Interessiert an der Entwicklung?

[Durchstöbere den Code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/abhishek-site-cleanup-controls/),
sieh dir das [SVN-Repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/abhishek-site-cleanup-controls/)
an oder abonniere das [Entwicklungsprotokoll](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/abhishek-site-cleanup-controls/)
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## Änderungsprotokoll

#### 1.1.2

 * Updating to latest wordpress version.

#### 1.1.1

 * Fixed fatal parse error caused by missing closing bracket in feature list array.
 * Fixed PHP 7.4 compatibility issue with str_starts_with().

#### 1.1.0

 * Added new WordPress Features group with 13 toggles: Thumbnails, Widgets, Navigation
   Menus, Tags, Categories, Post Formats, Custom Fields, Excerpts, Trackbacks, Attachment
   Pages, Automatic Updates, Self Pings, jQuery Migrate.

#### 1.0.1

 * Settings page redesigned with accordion groups, Security open by default.

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release with 35 toggleable features across 5 categories.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.2**
 *  Zuletzt aktualisiert **vor 2 Monaten**
 *  Aktive Installationen **40+**
 *  WordPress-Version ** 5.8 oder höher **
 *  Getestet bis **7.1.3**
 *  PHP-Version ** 7.4 oder höher **
 *  Sprache
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/abhishek-site-cleanup-controls/)
 * Schlagwörter
 * [cleanup](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/cleanup/)[disable](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable/)
   [hardening](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hardening/)[performance](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/performance/)
   [security](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/)
 *  [Erweiterte Ansicht](https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/abhishek-site-cleanup-controls/advanced/)

## Bewertungen

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## Mitwirkende

 *   [ Abhishek Sinha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/devabhisheksinha/)

## Support

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