Best temporary plugins for WordPress
The most popular temporary plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Disable Site leads with 4K+ active installs, ahead of SAM Support Access Manager (10+) and DemoNest Sandbox Builder (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “temporary” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 temporary plugins
- 1.
Disable SiteThe most installed temporary plugin, with 4K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 24 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.1.42.
- 2.
SAM Support Access Manager10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
DemoNest Sandbox BuilderFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 3 weeks ago.
All 3 plugins tagged “temporary”
Disable Site
Up in the last 7 days:2#3,371by Jimmy K.9 years ago
A WordPress plugin to disable your website front-end and display a message to your visitors while still allowing back-end access.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(24)
- Downloads
- 22/day
SAM Support Access Manager
#34,714by 2carets5 months ago
Grant temporary, monitored support access to developers and staff.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DemoNest Sandbox Builder
#66,710by WP Manage Studio23 days ago
Give each visitor a private, temporary demo sandbox of your plugin, theme or store inside your own WordPress Multisite network.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day