Best disable plugins for WordPress
The most popular disable plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Disable Plugin Deactivation leads with 70+ active installs, ahead of Disable Plugins (10+) and WP Project Essentials (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “disable plugin” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 disable plugins
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Disable Plugin DeactivationThe most installed disable plugin, with 70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
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Disable Plugins10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
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WP Project EssentialsFewer than 10 active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
All 3 plugins tagged “disable plugin”
Disable Plugin Deactivation
Down in the last 7 days:249#18,374by Yogesh Pawar5 years ago
Use this plugin to disable plugin deactivation, activation, deletion, edit, and update. The new version allows only super admin of the website to only …
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Disable Plugins
Down in the last 7 days:8,271#45,800by kynatro12 years ago
Manage which plugins load on what page with simple regular expression pattern matches similar to an Apache .htaccess file
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Project Essentials
#68,172by Haris3 years ago
An essential plugin for WordPress project.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day