No Nonsense

74 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

At roughly 1,000 active installs, No Nonsense is a niche plugin, so its real-world footprint is small and there is limited community signal to draw on.

Update Freshness

25/25

It was updated within days of this assessment and is confirmed compatible with WordPress 7.0, which is an excellent maintenance signal for a plugin this size.

User Rating

14/15

A 90 out of 100 from 6 raters is strong, but the small sample size means you should treat the score as directional rather than definitive.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads, zero resolved, means there is no public track record of how the author handles issues, which is a meaningful gap for a production site.

WP Compatibility

15/15

It supports back to WordPress 4.9 and PHP 7.0 while being tested on WordPress 7.0, giving it the widest compatibility range of any plugin in this comparison.

Scores higher than 36% of indexed plugins

About

The fastest, cleanest way to get rid of the parts of WordPress you don't need.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.5/5

Last Updated 2026-05-19 6:25pm GMT

Requires WordPress 4.9+

Tested Up To 7.0.4

Requires PHP 7.0+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

No Nonsense strips a range of default WordPress features that many site owners consider clutter, including comments, emoji scripts, the WordPress admin bar logo, the 'Howdy' greeting, and XML-RPC. It works as a single dashboard-style switchboard rather than a collection of separate toggles, which keeps the interface minimal. The goal is a cleaner front end and a less noisy admin experience without touching code.

Who It's For

This is a good fit for solo creators, small business owners, and agencies building minimalist sites such as portfolios, brochures, documentation hubs, and landing pages where comments and WordPress branding add no value. It is also useful for developers who want a quick baseline cleanup on new client builds before adding more specialized plugins. If you simply want a quieter WordPress and do not need granular per-feature controls, the bundled approach is convenient.

Who Should Skip It

If you rely on comments for community discussion, need fine-grained control over each removed feature (for example, keeping emoji but removing XML-RPC on a per-endpoint basis), or want a battle-tested solution with a million-plus installs, you should look elsewhere. Power users with complex multisite networks will also find the lack of support history and tiny install base a concern.

The Bottom Line

No Nonsense is a tidy, well-maintained all-in-one cleanup tool that delivers exactly what its name promises, and its compatibility with the newest WordPress is a genuine plus. The trade-offs are real: under 1,000 installs, almost no public support activity, and a small rating pool make it harder to trust on a high-stakes site. For a personal project or a quick client cleanup, it is a sensible choice, but risk-averse teams may prefer Disable Comments, which has a million installs behind it.

Pick this if comments are your only concern and you want a million-install, multisite-ready solution with a long support history.

WP Comment Cleaner – Delete All Comments, Disable Comments, Bulk Delete & Remove Comments 81/100

Choose this if you need to bulk delete existing comments and then lock the system down, not just disable future submissions.

Disable Comments & Delete All Comments 80/100

Opt for this if you want a combined disable-plus-delete tool for comments specifically and a 9,000-install track record.

Turn Off Comments — Hide Comment Box and Stop Spam 68/100

Go with this if you want the lightest possible comments-only plugin and do not care about the other cleanup features No Nonsense offers.

Daisy Comments — Disable Comments & Stop Spam 60/100

Consider this if you want a similarly lightweight comments plugin but prefer one with a slightly different feature emphasis.