Best bloat plugins for WordPress
The most popular bloat plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Disable Everything leads with 30K+ active installs, ahead of Unbloater (5K+) and The Off Switch (formerly WP Avoid Slow) (200+). All 13 plugins tagged “bloat” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 bloat plugins
- 1.
Disable EverythingThe most installed bloat plugin, with 30K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Unbloater5K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 17 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
- 3.
The Off Switch (formerly WP Avoid Slow)200+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
Why So Slow?70+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 5.
Toasty Purge30+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 months ago.
- 6.
DisablePress10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 7.
FlashSpeed10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
- 8.
SMNTCS Utilities10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 9.
aGo CleanupFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 4 days ago.
- 10.
CruftlessFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
All 13 plugins tagged “bloat”
Disable Everything
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,002by dessky12 days ago
Patch wp2shell instantly by Disabling REST API access.
- Installs
- 30K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 181/day
Unbloater
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,069by christophrado4 months ago
Remove unnecessary code, nags and bloat from WordPress core and certain plugins.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 5.0(17)
- Downloads
- 31/day
The Off Switch (formerly WP Avoid Slow)
Up in the last 7 days:62#12,797by Abhishek Deshpande14 days ago
Disable unused WordPress features and remove bloat. 120 switches for performance, security and WooCommerce — pure PHP, no .htaccess, no upsell.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Why So Slow?
Down in the last 7 days:1,011#18,776by bettersecurity2 years ago
Improve the loading speed of your website by removing bloat and unused features (formerly named Better Speed)
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Toasty Purge
Down in the last 7 days:115#24,669by Butiá Labs4 months ago
Hide most of the bloat that the Yoast SEO plugin adds to your WordPress Dashboard
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
DisablePress
#32,831by Prem Tiwari2 years ago
It will disable all unnecessary WordPress features and speed up your website in an elegant way.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
FlashSpeed
Down in the last 7 days:123#34,648by Matt Biscay11 days ago
Make WordPress lighter by removing unused assets and head clutter. See the estimated savings and control exactly what your site loads.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
SMNTCS Utilities
Down in the last 7 days:4,239#40,462by Niels Lange1 month ago
Hides upsell ads and notices that popular plugins add to the WordPress admin area.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
aGo Cleanup
#48,844by Ago lab4 days ago
Toggle dashboard to remove WordPress bloat: emojis, embeds, XML-RPC, version meta, scripts. Faster pages, smaller HTML, less attack surface.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 81/day
Cruftless
Down in the last 7 days:10,119#62,670by Scott Thomason9 years ago
Clean up the cruft in your HTML header in the simplest possible way. Eliminate the bloat and unnecessary resources that WordPress generates into your …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day
AboveWP Tweaks Optimizer
#65,561by AboveWP2 months ago
Optimize your WordPress site with tweaks and bloat removal. Disable unnecessary features and improve performance.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Tendforge Widget Auditor for Elementor
Down in the last 7 days:875#72,563by tendforge3 months ago
See the real CSS/JS kilobytes each unused Elementor addon still loads on every page — measured from a live render — so removal actually pays off.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Hakeemify Debloater
#72,881by hakeemify1 month ago
Scan, fix and undo site bloat: audits your site against the facts, applies only what you approve, with a recovery point and automatic rollback.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day