DamirCalusic

WP Basic Elements gives you full control over the features WordPress loads by default. Disable what you don’t need, clean up the front-end markup, and streamline the admin interface — all from a single, modern settings page.
Every option is off by default. You choose exactly what to disable, nothing more.
<h4>What you can do</h4>
<ul>
<li>Admin Bar — Remove individual items like the WP logo, New Content, Customize, Updates, Comments, Search, and more</li>
<li>Dashboard Widgets — Hide Welcome Panel, At a Glance, Activity, Site Health, Quick Draft, WP Events & News, WooCommerce and Yoast widgets</li>
<li>Admin Footer — Replace or hide the left and right footer text</li>
<li>User Profile — Hide profile fields (Rich Editing, Color Scheme, Application Passwords, etc.) and remove individual contact methods (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, and more)</li>
<li>Comments — Disable the entire comment system with a single toggle</li>
<li>Gutenberg Editor — Turn off Welcome Guide, Fullscreen Mode, Focus Mode, Distraction Free Mode, and Top Toolbar</li>
<li>Meta Tags & Head Cleanup — Remove the generator tag, oEmbed links, shortlinks, WLW manifest, adjacent post links, REST API links, RSS feeds, emojis, and pingbacks/trackbacks</li>
<li>REST API — Restrict access for non-logged-in users with a configurable whitelist</li>
</ul>
<h4>Why WP Basic Elements?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Lightweight — no bloat, no frameworks, no external dependencies</li>
<li>Opt-in only — safe to activate on any site without side effects</li>
<li>Modern UI — clean settings page with sidebar navigation and toggle switches</li>
<li>Translatable — ships with 10 languages out of the box</li>
<li>Secure — all output escaped, all input sanitized</li>
</ul>
<h3>Translations</h3>
WP Basic Elements plugin can be translated to any language. Currently available translations are listed below.
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>Swedish (sv_SE)</li>
<li>Norwegian Bokmål (nb_NO)</li>
<li>Serbian (sr_RS)</li>
<li>Danish (da_DK)</li>
<li>Croatian (hr)</li>
<li>German (de_DE)</li>
<li>Polish (pl_PL)</li>
<li>Italian (it_IT)</li>
<li>Spanish (es_ES)</li>
<li>French (fr_FR)</li>
</ul>

WP Basic Elements

Disable unnecessary WordPress features, clean up your markup, and simplify the admin. Everything is opt-in — nothing changes until you say so.

noughtdigital

Jake Henshall

Remove /xmlrpc.php from code if XML-RPC is disabled 
Remove WordPress API from code if WP-JSON is disabled 
Disable Google Maps 
Disable WooCommerce scripts and CSS on non-WooCommerce pages 
Disable WooCommerce Reviews 
Defer WooCommerce Cart Fragments 
Remove WordPress API from header 
Disable self-pingbacks 
Disable emojis 
Disable embeds 
Remove query strings 
Disable XML-RPC 
Remove jQuery migrate 
Remove WordPress version number 
Remove wlwmanifest link 
Remove RSD link 
Remove shortlink 
Disable RSS feeds 
Remove RSS feed links 
Disable WordPress heartbeat API 
Disable and Limit Post Revisions 
Change Heartbeat API frequency 
Change autosave interval 
Add Locally hosted Google Analytics Script 
CSS and JS Script Manager 
Import and Export feature
<h3>From within WordPress</h3>
<ol>
<li>Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’</li>
<li>Search for ‘Whippet’</li>
<li>Activate Whippet from your Plugins page.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Manually</h3>
<ol>
<li>Upload the <code>whippet</code> folder to the <code>/wp-content/plugins/</code> directory</li>
<li>Activate the Whippet plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress</li>
</ol>

Whippet

Improve your WordPress Speed: Easily remove unnecessary features from WordPress to help speed up your site.

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