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Silence!

10+ installs · #42,872 most popular

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Disabler

Shares 2 of Silence!'s 2 tags.

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Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)

60K+ active installs.

Best rated

Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)

5.0 out of 5 from 108 reviews.

Most recently updated

Disable WP Sitemaps

Updated on Nov 4, 2026.

1. 1

   Disabler

   by saas

   Instead of installing a million plugins to disable features you don't want, why not use just ONE plugin?

   Installs

   900+

   Rank

   #7,105

   Rating

   5.0(6)

   Updated

   4 months ago

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2. 2

   Disable WP Theme Updates Advance

   by gr8nilay

   Disable all your WordPress theme updates on plugin activation.

   Installs

   500+

   Rank

   #8,924

   Rating

   5.0(3)

   Updated

   2 years ago

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3. 3

   Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly)

   by Ryan Hellyer

   Disable the WordPress emoji functionality to improve performance and privacy.

   Installs

   60K+

   Rank

   #658

   Rating

   5.0(108)

   Updated

   5 months ago

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4. 4

   Disable auto-update Email Notifications

   by Elvis Nyakangi

   This plugin performs a simple task of disabling email notifications that are sent by WordPress when a plugin or theme auto-updates.

   Installs

   30K+

   Rank

   #1,026

   Rating

   4.5(15)

   Updated

   1 year ago

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5. 5

   Disable Everything

   by dessky

   Patch wp2shell instantly by Disabling REST API access.

   Installs

   30K+

   Rank

   #1,002

   Rating

   5.0(6)

   Updated

   12 days ago

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6. 6

   Disable WP REST API

   by Jeff Starr

   Disables the WP REST API for visitors not logged into WordPress.

   Installs

   30K+

   Rank

   #965

   Rating

   4.8(36)

   Updated

   3 months ago

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7. 7

   Disable Search

   by Scott Reilly

   Disable the built-in front-end search capabilities of WordPress.

   Installs

   30K+

   Rank

   #920

   Rating

   4.7(16)

   Updated

   1 year ago

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8. 8

   Disable Feeds

   by WPDeveloper

   Disables all RSS/Atom/RDF feeds on your WordPress site.

   Installs

   20K+

   Rank

   #1,205

   Rating

   4.7(31)

   Updated

   8 years ago

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9. 9

   Advanced Automatic Updates

   by Gary Pendergast

   Adds extra options to WordPress' built-in Automatic Updates feature.

   Installs

   20K+

   Rank

   #1,183

   Rating

   4.7(61)

   Updated

   5 years ago

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10. 10

    WP Updates Notifier

    by Scott Cariss

    Get an email when your WordPress site has core, plugin or theme updates waiting.

    Installs

    20K+

    Rank

    #1,200

    Rating

    4.2(35)

    Updated

    13 days ago

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    Disable WP Sitemaps

    by Jeff Starr

    Disables the automatically generated WP Sitemaps.

    Installs

    10K+

    Rank

    #1,973

    Rating

    5.0(10)

    Updated

    4 days ago

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    Disable Theme and Plugin Auto-Update Emails

    by KZeni

    Disables the default notification emails sent by a site after an automatic theme and/or plugin update. Simply activate the plugin to disable these ema …

    Installs

    10K+

    Rank

    #1,899

    Rating

    5.0(10)

    Updated

    3 years ago

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