Disable Blog

79 Quality Score

Active Installs

19/30

With 10,000 active installs, the plugin has a modest but real user base that sits well below mainstream utility plugins.

Update Freshness

23/25

A recent update on 2026-02-16 and confirmed compatibility with WordPress 6.9.4 indicate the author is actively maintaining the code against current core releases.

User Rating

14/15

A 94 out of 100 rating from 14 reviewers is excellent, though the small sample size means the score carries some uncertainty.

Support Health

8/15

Support health is weak: zero threads opened and zero resolved, so there is no public track record of the author handling user issues.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Full marks for compatibility, with a minimum requirement of WordPress 5.9 and PHP 7.4, covering virtually every currently supported install.

Scores higher than 70% of indexed plugins

About

All the power of WordPress, without a blog.

Active Installs 20k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.7/5

Last Updated 2026-02-16 2:54am GMT

Requires WordPress 5.9+

Tested Up To 6.9.7

Requires PHP 7.4+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Disable Blog strips the blogging functionality from a WordPress site, removing posts, comments, archives, and related admin menus so that the CMS behaves as a static or non-publishing platform. It hides the standard blog endpoints from the front end and prevents post creation in wp-admin, leaving pages, media, and other content types intact. In practice, it lets you run WordPress purely as a website builder or CMS without the distraction of a blog you do not intend to maintain.

Who It's For

This plugin is aimed at businesses and organizations that built their site on WordPress but never wanted a blog: corporate sites, law firms, restaurants, real estate agencies, portfolios, and landing pages. It suits site owners who want a cleaner admin for non-technical staff and do not intend to publish articles. It also fits educational and nonprofit sites that need a brochure-style presence without ongoing editorial workflows.

Who Should Skip It

If you publish any kind of articles, news, or updates, or plan to grow organic traffic through content marketing, you should skip this plugin entirely. Bloggers, journalists, membership sites with user-generated posts, and any site relying on RSS feeds will find the plugin actively counter-productive.

The Bottom Line

Disable Blog does a narrow job and does it cleanly, earning a 79.51 overall quality score driven by strong maintenance and compatibility. The lack of public support history is a real gap if something breaks on your site, so test it on a staging environment first. For a true non-blog WordPress site, it is a sensible, lightweight choice.