Disable Blog

Reviewers say it does exactly what it promises with no fuss, and support gets called out as responsive, though a couple flag a stuck uninstall and a removed RSS widget.

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

Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.

wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.

119 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 96 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).

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

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

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 3 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 27% of the way through.

At the current install trend, crossing 30K+ in roughly 380 days.

1. ★★★★★ EAC2015

   2.8y ago

   Works great, good support!

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2. ★★★★★ alienative

   3.6y ago

   Good one but I wish it could also disable any posts from being added in Posts section, as hackers could still post via other tools. This topic was modified 3 years, 3 months ago by alienative. This topic was modified 3 years, 3 months ago by alienative.

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3. ★★★★★ baruch60610

   3.6y ago

   This plugin evidently does what it says it does – disable the blog features in WordPress. This can be useful for those who only want pages in their websites.I have a problem, though. I decided to retain the blog functions, rather than switch to pages. Because of this I no longer needed the disable blog plugin. I deactivated it; but when I tried to remove it, it hung. Then I received the message: “Deletion failed:” This message gave me no useful information as to how to remove the plugin. I consider this a serious problem, because it suggests the plugin itself is not robust. That, in turn, could mean that the plugin may be vulnerable to exploits.

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4. ★★★★★ Beck

   4.9y ago

   for a top plugin! thanks

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5. ★★★★★ aqdrk

   5.0y ago

   Does what is says 🙂

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6. ★★★★★ Matthias Honert

   5.6y ago

   Helps me to be focused in the backend!

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7. ★★★★★ ReddyRed

   6.4y ago

   Perfect plugin for single page sites.

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8. ★★★★★ Tiger

   7.8y ago

   Just what I needed perfect for woocommerce stores, just activate plugin & done, it nicely redirects /blog to the homepage 🙂

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 0.5.5 Tested up to WordPress 6.9.1 Tested up to PHP 8.4 Bump minimum WordPress version to 5.9 Add composer support, move over to composer for phpcs, phpstan, and linting checks Upgrade Github actions to actions/checkout@v4 run 0.5.5
2. — Version 0.5.4 Tested up to WordPress 6.4.2. Bump minimum WordPress version to 5.3, aligning with minimum PHP support. Test to PHP 8.2. Update Github actions. Add Code Standard fixer Github Action, h/t @szepeviktor Fix coding standards 0.5.4
3. — Version 0.5.3 Fix typeof typo in disable-blog-customizer.js from 0.5.2 updates. Fix uninstall error to allow for the plugin to be deleted correctly. Only fire comment related admin functions if comments are supported. Limit the get_co 0.5.3
4. — Version 0.5.2 Test up to WP 6.1.1 Increase minimum PHP to v7.4 Test to PHP 8.1 Update Github Actions to current versions. Fix some bugs introduced in v0.5.1: Reverts “Remove core post-related blocks in editor” – WP core handles the mi 0.5.2
5. — Version 0.5.1 Update to documentation, readmes, and doc blocks. Fix .distignore to remove itself and .gitignore from WP-dot-org repo. Add WP repo assets and deployment action. Add plugin row links for support, donate, and github repro 0.5.1
6. — Version 0.5.0 New Add disable author archive functionality via new dwpb_disable_author_archives filter. Pass true to disable author archives entirely. Default does not disable author archives because numerous other plugins use author 0.5.0

Translated into 8 languages, 5 at 90% or more

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

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Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-07-26 10K+ → 20K+ up after 1 days in tier
2. 2026-07-25 20K+ → 10K+ down after 2 days in tier
3. 2026-07-23 10K+ → 20K+ up after 26 days in tier
4. 2026-06-27 20K+ → 10K+ down after 2 days in tier
5. 2026-06-25 10K+ → 20K+ up after 3 days in tier
6. 2026-06-22 20K+ → 10K+ down after 22 days in tier
7. 2026-05-31 10K+ → 20K+ up after 4 days in tier
8. 2026-05-27 20K+ → 10K+ down after 11 days in tier

Competes with

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Disable Blog: 20K+ active installs, 4.7★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-01. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/disable-blog