Abhishek Sinha

Abhishek Site Cleanup Controls gives developers and site owners fine-grained control over 35+ WordPress features that are often unnecessary. Each feature has a simple on/off toggle, organised into five logical groups inside Settings -> Site Cleanup Controls.
No features are enabled by default — activate only what you need.
<h4>Security</h4>
<ul>
<li>User Enumeration — Block ?author=N redirect attacks that expose usernames.</li>
<li>Author Archives — Return 404 for author archive pages.</li>
<li>XML-RPC + Pingback — Fully disable the XML-RPC endpoint and remove the X-Pingback header.</li>
<li>Plugin and Theme Editor — Set DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT to prevent in-admin file editing.</li>
<li>Application Passwords — Disable the Application Passwords feature.</li>
<li>REST API — Restrict REST API access to authenticated users only.</li>
<li>Right Click — Disable the browser context menu on the frontend.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Performance</h4>
<ul>
<li>Emojis — Remove all emoji scripts, styles, and DNS prefetch hints.</li>
<li>Embed Objects — Disable WordPress oEmbed and embed scripts.</li>
<li>Dashicons — Prevent Dashicons from loading for non-logged-in visitors.</li>
<li>Heartbeat — Deregister the Heartbeat API script.</li>
<li>Block Library CSS — Remove wp-block-library and global-styles stylesheets on the frontend.</li>
<li>Version Var (?ver=) — Strip ?ver= query strings from enqueued asset URLs.</li>
<li>PDF Thumbnails — Skip thumbnail generation for uploaded PDF files.</li>
<li>oEmbed — Remove oEmbed discovery links and disable autoembed.</li>
<li>Remote Block Patterns — Stop WordPress fetching patterns from api.wordpress.org.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Head Cleanup</h4>
<ul>
<li>Generator Meta Tag — Remove the WordPress version meta tag from head.</li>
<li>WLW Manifest — Remove the Windows Live Writer manifest link.</li>
<li>Really Simple Discovery (RSD) — Remove the RSD link tag.</li>
<li>Short Link — Remove the shortlink tag and HTTP header.</li>
<li>Adjacent Posts Links — Remove prev/next link tags from single post heads.</li>
<li>RSS Feeds — Redirect all feed URLs to the homepage.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Admin Cleanup</h4>
<ul>
<li>capital_P_dangit — Remove WordPress forced capitalisation filter.</li>
<li>Screen Options and Help Tabs — Hide Screen Options and Help dropdowns.</li>
<li>Howdy to Welcome — Replace “Howdy,” with “Welcome,” in the admin bar.</li>
<li>Navigation Items in Admin Bar — Remove WP logo, site name, updates, and comments.</li>
<li>Clean Dashboard — Remove all default dashboard widgets.</li>
<li>Privacy Tools — Hide Export/Erase Personal Data from the Tools menu.</li>
<li>Site Health Page — Hide Site Health from the Tools menu.</li>
<li>WP Login Logo and Favicon — Hide the WordPress logo on the login page.</li>
<li>Admin Email Verification Prompt — Disable the admin email confirm interstitial.</li>
<li>Empty Trash (1 week) — Shorten automatic trash-emptying from 30 days to 7 days.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Content</h4>
<ul>
<li>Comments — Disable comments sitewide.</li>
<li>Post Revisions — Disable revision storage.</li>
<li>Search — Redirect all search queries to the homepage.</li>
</ul>
<h4>WordPress Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Thumbnails / Featured Images — Remove post thumbnail support.</li>
<li>Widgets — Disable all widgets and sidebars.</li>
<li>Navigation Menus — Remove nav menu theme support.</li>
<li>Tags — Unregister tags from posts.</li>
<li>Categories — Unregister categories from posts.</li>
<li>Post Formats — Remove post format theme support.</li>
<li>Custom Fields — Remove custom fields meta box from editor.</li>
<li>Excerpts — Remove excerpt support from posts and pages.</li>
<li>Trackbacks — Remove trackback support from posts.</li>
<li>Attachment Pages — Redirect attachment URLs to the file directly.</li>
<li>Automatic Updates — Disable automatic core, plugin, and theme updates.</li>
<li>Self Pings — Stop WordPress pinging your own site.</li>
<li>jQuery Migrate — Remove jQuery Migrate script on the frontend.</li>
</ul>

Abhishek Site Cleanup Controls

Selectively disable WordPress features to improve performance, security, and cleanliness. Toggle each feature individually from a single settings page …

WebFiable

Improve your site’s security posture and configuration health with monitoring and recommendations.
Webfiable Info is the on-site companion for the Webfiable security service (https://webfiable.com). It securely gathers information about your site’s WordPress version, plugins, themes, and basic site metadata and registers your site with Webfiable so you can receive ongoing reports via email. You stay in control: consent is explicit, and the public endpoint is opt-in and verified on save.
During the white march period, there is no separate signup or billing – the plugin registers your site automatically from the settings screen and you can use the service for free. A subscription may be required in the future; we will notify administrators well in advance.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>One-click registration: Enter a report recipient email, grant consent, and enable the endpoint; Webfiable Info verifies the endpoint and registers the site automatically.</li>
<li>Opt-in endpoint: The public <code>/webfiable</code> endpoint is disabled by default and verified when enabled. If verification or registration fails, the plugin safely disables it.</li>
<li>Consent-aware behavior: Turning off consent simply saves your choice and disables the endpoint; you can re-enable later.</li>
<li>Lightweight by design: No heavy background jobs; the endpoint serves inventory on demand and runs in milliseconds.</li>
<li>Secure by default: Uses hybrid encryption (AES-256 + RSA-2048) to transport data.</li>
<li>Part of the Webfiable service: Currently in white march (early access) and free to use; a subscription may be required in the future. Learn more at https://webfiable.com.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Security Features</h3>
Webfiable Info is built with security at its core, ensuring that your website’s data is protected at every stage:
<ul>
<li>Hybrid Encryption: Combines AES and RSA. The inventory is encrypted with AES-256-CBC; the AES key is encrypted with RSA-2048.</li>
<li>Fresh IV per response: Each response uses a new IV so ciphertext is always unique.</li>
<li>Public endpoint, private content: The <code>/webfiable</code> endpoint can be accessed by anyone, but the payload is encrypted for Webfiable only.</li>
<li>Rate limiting: Basic per-IP rate limiting reduces abuse.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Why It Is Secure</h3>
<ol>
<li>Strong transport: AES-256 for data, RSA-2048 for the key – only Webfiable can decrypt.</li>
<li>Unique IVs: Each response is unique even for identical content.</li>
<li>Minimal inventory: Only software inventory and basic metadata needed for analysis; no credentials or content are collected.</li>
</ol>
<h3>License</h3>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Webfiable Info

Connect your site to Webfiable (webfiable.com) to track config health and get security recommendations. Public early access (white march). Free.

Abhishek Site Cleanup Controls vs Webfiable Info