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Disable Block – Hide blocks in the frontend

by landwire · Blocks

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Disable Block adds a simple button to the editor to disable the block on the frontend, hiding it from viewers.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
66 Health · C
Maintenance 56/100
Rating quality 74/100
Support 70/100

66 health vs 67 average across 1,681 Blocks plugins

70+

Active installs

≈77 estimated

2.1K

Total downloads

since 2022

3.98★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 1 reviews

+50%

75

Downloads · 30d

category median +16%

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

78 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Rating quality

Update recency 64/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 51/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,426 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+50% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

75

now · peak 200

7530d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Disable Block · #18046 you Disable Media Pages · #1922 WPS Notice Center · #3851 Classic Widgets · #24

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

1.1Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.1y ago

latest release · v1.3.2

7

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.3.2 · 1.1y ago1.3.1 · 1.1y ago1.3.0 · 1.1y ago1.2.1 · 2.9y ago1.2.0 · 3.1y ago1.1.0 · 3.9y ago1.0.0 · 3.9y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.3 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “70+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
70–80 ≈77

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

At the current install trend, crossing 80+ in roughly 143 days.

Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,382 observations

70Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 1 reviews

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5★
1 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.3.2
Last updated
1.1y ago
Added
2022-09-29 · 3 yrs old
Requires WP
5.0
Tested up to
6.8.8
Requires PHP
7.4
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Recent review vibe

read from the latest 1 reviews to 2023-03-15
Positive PraisePerformance

The single review here is happy: it's called light, stable and working well.

Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Mitzi_Rebel
    3.5y ago

    Easy light-weight plugin. Works very well and stable so far.

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.1

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-31 80+ → 70+ down after 47 days in tier
  2. 2026-07-15 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
  3. 2026-07-13 80+ → 70+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-07-12 70+ → 80+ up after 2 days in tier
  5. 2026-07-10 80+ → 70+ down after 17 days in tier
  6. 2026-06-23 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier
  7. 2026-06-22 80+ → 70+ down after 7 days in tier
  8. 2026-06-15 70+ → 80+ up after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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