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Unbloater

v1.6.3
by christophrado · 5.0 (15 reviews)

Remove unnecessary code, nags and bloat from WordPress core and certain plugins.

5K+ active installs Updated Dec 17, 2024 Tested to 6.7.2 Requires PHP 5.6
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Unbloater

About Unbloater

Unbloater is a plugin that helps clean up your WordPress admin dashboard and site code by removing unnecessary items. It offers over 50 options, including hiding update notices, disabling auto-updates, removing scripts and styles, and more. The plugin is designed to be minimalist and developer-focused, making it easier for non-technical users to maintain a clean site.

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Changelog

1.6.3

  • Tested up to WP 6.7

1.6.2

  • Tested up to WP 6.5
  • Tested up to PHP 8.3

1.6.1

  • Tested up to WP 6.2

1.6.0

  • Added: Disable the installation of bundled items (e.g. default themes) during Core upgrades
  • Added: Disable the admin email confirmation screen that gets displayed every 6 months by default

1.5.5

  • Tested up to WP 6.1

1.5.4

  • Added: Empty Trash option to reduce the number of days until posts are permanently deleted to 7
  • Improved: Add Block Editor scripts as inline scripts to prevent headers already sent errors

1.5.3

  • Tested up to WP 6.0.2
  • Improved: Remove script version parameters on frontend only to prevent conflicts
  • Improved: Hide Block Editor options when the Classic Editor plugin is active
  • Improved: Enqueue Block Editor scripts only in Block Editor context, remove jQuery dependency

1.5.2

  • Fix: Broken detection of overwritten option state

1.5.1

  • Added: Option to actually disable the RSS feeds (redirect to frontpage)
  • Added: SearchWP – Option to move the top-level menu item to the bottom (position 98)
  • Added: SearchWP – Option to hide the top-level menu item

1.5.0

  • Tested up to WP 5.9
  • Added: Frontend – Disable login language selector
  • Added: Block Editor – Auto-close Welcome Guide
  • Added: Block Editor – Auto-exit Fullscreen Mode

1.4.1

  • Fix: Accidental trailing comma causing error on PHP < 7.3
  • Removed: Unused legacy code

1.4.0

  • Added: Remove jQuery Migrate script
  • Added: Yoast SEO – Remove admin bar item
  • Added: Yoast SEO – Remove plugin indicator

1.3.1

  • Changed: Database option will now only be removed on plugin uninstall, not plugin deactivation

1.3.0

  • Tested up to WP 5.8
  • Added: RankMath – Remove admin bar item
  • Added: RankMath – Whitelabel (Removes head comments and admin footer credit)
  • Added: RankMath – Remove sitemap credit
  • Added: RankMath – Remove link class
  • Added: Block Editor – Deactivate block directory
  • Added: Block Editor – Deactivate core block patterns
  • Added: Block Editor – Deactivate template editor

1.2.0

  • Added: Multisite support (global settings if network-activated)
  • Removed: Support for Cookie Notice

1.1.4

  • Added: Properly clean up / delete options on plugin deactivation
  • Fixed: Hopefully finally fixed translations / text domain

1.1.3

  • Tested up to WP 5.7
  • Improved: Optimized/reduced translation strings
  • Improved: Replaced deprecated login_headertitle filter with login_headertext

1.1.2

  • Fixed: Translations / text domain for WP 4.6 and earlier

1.1.1

  • Fixed: Call of non-static functions (fixes PHP 8 fatal error)
  • Changed: WP version comparisons (moved to helper function)

1.1.0

  • Added: Option to disable Application Passwords completely
  • Added: Option to remove shortlink from head
  • Fixed: Conditional logic of comment reply script
  • Changed: Hardened deactivation of XML-RPC

1.0.0

  • Initial release.

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