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Archive Disabler allows you to disable WordPress’ default archive pages. It does this by either redirecting those archive pages or causing them to throw a 404 error depending on your settings.
You may want to do this if, for instance, you didn’t want to expose post format archives to the world. Instead you could redirect them to the home page of your site.

Archive Disabler

Archive disabler allows you to "turn off" some of WordPress' built in archive pages.

Gaurav Tiwari

GT Link Manager is a 100% free high-performance branded link manager for WordPress — no upsells, no premium tiers, no paywalls. It stores links in custom database tables (not custom post types), resolves redirects early on <code>init</code>, and keeps your site fast — even with thousands of links.
Your links follow a clean URL pattern: yoursite.com/go/your-slug (the prefix is configurable and can even be removed on individual links).
<a href="https://gauravtiwari.org/product/gt-link-manager/" rel="nofollow ugc">Official Page & Documentation</a> | <a href="https://gauravtiwari.org/course/gt-link-manager-training/" rel="nofollow ugc">Free Training Course</a> | <a href="https://gauravtiwari.org/gt-link-manager-rest-api-guide-ai-tools/" rel="nofollow ugc">REST API & AI Tools Guide</a>
<h4>Why GT Link Manager?</h4>
Most link management plugins use custom post types, which means every redirect loads the full WordPress template stack. GT Link Manager takes a different approach — it intercepts the request early, looks up the slug in a UNIQUE-indexed database column, sends the redirect header, and exits. No theme loading, no unnecessary queries.
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fast direct redirects — resolves links on <code>init</code> (priority 0) via direct DB lookup, no CPT overhead</li>
<li>301, 302, and 307 redirects — choose the right redirect type for SEO, temporary, or method-preserving redirects</li>
<li>Rel attribute controls — set <code>nofollow</code>, <code>sponsored</code>, and <code>ugc</code> per link for proper SEO attribution</li>
<li>Noindex support — sends <code>X-Robots-Tag: noindex</code> header to prevent search engines from indexing redirect URLs</li>
<li>Categories and tags — organize links into categories with parent/child hierarchy and free-form tags</li>
<li>Full admin list table — search, filter by category/status, sort by any column, and perform bulk actions</li>
<li>Quick Edit — update URL, slug, redirect type, rel, category, and status inline without leaving the list</li>
<li>Activate / Deactivate — disable a link without deleting it; inactive links stop redirecting but stay in the database</li>
<li>Trash and restore — soft-delete links to trash with the option to restore or permanently delete</li>
<li>CSV import and export — import links from CSV with column mapping preview, or export filtered links; includes LinkCentral and Pretty Links compatible presets, supports any CSV though as it allows you to map fields manually.</li>
<li>Block editor integration — a toolbar button lets you search your links and insert them directly into post content</li>
<li>Branded URL preview — see the full branded URL as you type, with one-click copy</li>
<li>Normal and Regex Redirects supported too. Don’t want to use a prefix like <code>/go/</code> ? Sure thing. Use the GT Link Manager as an alternative to Rank Math Redirections, Yoast Redirects, Redirection plugin etc. Tested to be faster than these top tools.</li>
<li>Click tracking — log clicks via the <code>gtlm_before_redirect</code> hook; integrate with GA4, Plausible, Fathom, and more</li>
<li>Developer-friendly — actions and filters for redirect interception, URL modification, capability control, cache TTL, and more</li>
</ul>
<h4>Developer Hooks</h4>
GT Link Manager provides a comprehensive set of hooks for customization:
<ul>
<li><code>gtlm_before_redirect</code> — action fired before redirect (use for click tracking or logging)</li>
<li><code>gtlm_redirect_url</code> — filter to modify the destination URL</li>
<li><code>gtlm_redirect_code</code> — filter to modify the HTTP status code</li>
<li><code>gtlm_rel_attributes</code> — filter to modify rel attribute values</li>
<li><code>gtlm_headers</code> — filter to modify redirect response headers</li>
<li><code>gtlm_prefix</code> — filter to override the URL prefix</li>
<li><code>gtlm_capabilities</code> — filter to override the required user capability</li>
<li><code>gtlm_cache_ttl</code> — filter to set object cache TTL for link lookups</li>
</ul>
<h4>Free Training Course</h4>
The <a href="https://gauravtiwari.org/course/gt-link-manager-training/" rel="nofollow ugc">GT Link Manager Training</a> is a free 25-lesson course (under 2 hours) covering everything from installation to advanced developer integrations:
<ul>
<li>Getting Started — installation, admin interface, link creation, categories, and redirect configuration</li>
<li>Configuration & Features — settings, redirect mechanics, block editor integration, and bulk import/export</li>
<li>Developer Reference — REST API, hooks and filters, analytics integrations, webhooks, and advanced redirects</li>
</ul>
<h4>Analytics & Advanced Integrations</h4>
The <a href="https://gauravtiwari.org/course/gt-link-manager-training/developer-reference-1771422601/" rel="nofollow ugc">Developer Reference</a> includes step-by-step integration guides for:
<ul>
<li>Analytics — Google Analytics 4 (GA4), Plausible Analytics, Fathom Analytics, Matomo, and Simple Analytics</li>
<li>Tracking — custom click logging to a database table, dashboard widget, and UTM parameter passthrough</li>
<li>Automation — webhook notifications for Zapier, Make, and n8n</li>
<li>Advanced redirects — role-based redirects (route by user role) and geo-based redirects (route by location)</li>
<li>Customization — custom response headers, hooks and filters reference</li>
</ul>
<h4>REST API & AI Tools</h4>
GT Link Manager has a full REST API that works with AI tools for programmatic link management. The <a href="https://gauravtiwari.org/gt-link-manager-rest-api-guide-ai-tools/" rel="nofollow ugc">REST API & AI Tools Guide</a> covers authentication setup, all available endpoints, and integration with AI platforms including Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, WP-MCP, Novamira, Claudeus WordPress MCP, and WordPress MCP Adapter.
<h3>Source Code</h3>
The block editor assets (blocks/link-inserter/build/) are compiled from the source at blocks/link-inserter/src/ using @wordpress/scripts. The full source code is available in this plugin and on GitHub at https://github.com/wpgaurav/gt-link-manager.
To build from source: 
 cd blocks/link-inserter && npm install && npm run build

GT Link Manager

Fast, free branded link manager with custom database tables, early redirects, CSV import/export, and block editor integration.

Archive Disabler vs GT Link Manager