Developer Tools Blocker

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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

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.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ themasterclass

   3.0y ago

   After a few months, I regularly got an alert from my Google search console that the pages were not crawlable.I checked everything but the problem persists…until deactivated this amazing plugin!

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2. ★★★★★ rottwail

   4.3y ago

   Hola, el plugin funciona de maravilla, las únicas dudas que tengo son: 1. ¿Por qué el plugin no me da las métricas de Page Speed en versión Escritorio? 2. ¿El Plugin deja entrar a todos los motores de búsqueda para no perjudicar al SEO? Si el posicionamiento web, funciona de correctamente, entonces el plugin se merece un 10 de puntuación. Con este plugin dificualtas varias cosas a personas con malas intenciones. Espero que el desarrollador Swift pueda responder a mis dudas y también sacar una actualización con mejoras, un cordial saludo y muchísimas gracias por trabajar en un plugin como este, saludos.

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3. ★★★★★ rolarseo

   4.7y ago

   Just one word A M A Z I N G !!!! This plugin works perfectly! I love it! very simple and effective! stop those who try to hack your website! it’s fantastic!

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4. ★★★★★ Tilakpranesh

   4.7y ago

   This plugin just does what is promises. After disabling the right click for my website, the only thing to fix is developer tools. And this simply fixes the issue by redirecting to a 404 page and thus your wp-content exposure is limited to only basic items.

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5. ★★★★★ Mahinur Khan

   4.9y ago

   This plugin is really good, but not working for IOS mobile devices… Because it’s automatically redirecting to 404 page from IOS mobile devices. Please fix for IOS mobile user. I’m deactivating the plugin now because of not working in my iPhone. It’s redirecting to 404 page automatically. But it’s fine on android devices. This topic was modified 4 years, 10 months ago by mdmahinurkhan.

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6. ★★★★★ neilyanto

   5.0y ago

   The plugin is great but when I use my phone to visit the site and click the multiple tab icon on my phone, my site is automatically redirected to 404. I hope you can fix this.

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7. ★★★★★ DesignsnMore

   5.3y ago

   08/2021 – Update 3.0 resolved this issue, amazing plug in Original Review: This is amazing tool, for no expert users works great, the thing is I was able to break this “protection” in a very easy way: 1.- Open developer tools in firefox or chrome (of course the plug in re direct the user to the 404 error page), perfect! until… 2.- Press the “back” button in the internet browser, then it go back to the previous page with all developer tools open (developer tools do not close en back) so then the plug in do not redirect again to the 404 page, it stay in the original page with all the code and developer tools available, I hope you guys can correct this because is an amazing tool. thank you This topic was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by DesignsnMore.

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8. ★★★★★ gabrieluno

   5.6y ago

   It is a wonderful plugin, it manages to block the developer tools, a feat that for many is impossible.

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1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, 1 still affects the current version.

1. Medium · 4.3 Developer Tools Blocker <= 3.2.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery ↗
   2025-09-05 CVE-2025-58818 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Affects <= 3.2.1 No patch available

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1

Growth timeline

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

1. 2026-06-14 500+ → 400+ down after 84 days in tier
2. 2026-03-22 600+ → 500+ down after 107 days in tier
3. 2025-12-05 700+ → 600+ down after 63 days in tier
4. 2025-10-03 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
5. 2025-10-02 700+ → 800+ up after 8 days in tier
6. 2025-09-24 800+ → 700+ down after 82 days in tier
7. 2025-07-04 900+ → 800+ down after 141 days in tier
8. 2025-02-13 1K+ → 900+ down after 684 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• Breadcrumb NavXT 800K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
• PDF Embedder – PDF Viewer & Embed PDF Files for WordPress 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
• Layout Grid Block 200K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
• Crowdsignal Forms 200K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag A
• Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets) 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A

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Developer Tools Blocker: 400+ active installs, 4.2★ (15 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/swiftninjapro-inspect-element-console-blocker