Prevent Landscape Rotation

56 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

Around 1,000 active installs is modest but respectable for a single-feature utility, and the raw install count contributed a solid popularity subscore.

Update Freshness

10/25

The plugin was last updated on 25 April 2025 and is tested against WordPress 6.8.5, which is current, though the changelog history is thin and there is no defined PHP version requirement.

User Rating

14/15

Seven users have rated it 94 out of 100, which is excellent, but the sample size is too small to draw firm conclusions about long-term satisfaction.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads in the repository means either no one has needed help or no one has bothered asking, leaving the support health picture unclear.

WP Compatibility

11/15

Compatibility scores well thanks to the recent update against WordPress 6.8.5 and a low minimum requirement of 4.3, but the lack of a declared PHP version is a small concern.

Scores higher than 6% of indexed plugins

About

Prevent Landscape Rotation On Mobile Website.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.7/5

Last Updated 2025-04-25 1:24pm GMT

Requires WordPress 4.3+

Tested Up To 6.8.8

Security History

1 known vulnerability, all patched

1 Medium

Most recent: November 28, 2023

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What It Does

Prevent Landscape Rotation locks a mobile browser's viewport into portrait orientation, so visitors cannot tilt their device to landscape mode on your site. It works by injecting CSS and JavaScript that disables automatic screen rotation handling in supported mobile browsers. The effect is immediate on both iOS and Android devices with no configuration needed.

Who It's For

This plugin is best suited for site owners building portrait-first experiences such as mobile gaming hubs, vertical video platforms, e-book readers, fitness instruction sites, or medical portals where landscape orientation breaks the layout or content flow. It is a good fit for developers prototyping a mobile-app-like web experience without committing to a full PWA build.

Who Should Skip It

If your site relies on responsive layouts, wide tables, video players, or any content that genuinely benefits from landscape viewing, skip this plugin entirely. Most content-driven WordPress sites (blogs, portfolios, WooCommerce stores) will degrade badly when forced into portrait only.

The Bottom Line

Prevent Landscape Rotation does one narrow job and apparently does it well enough that every reviewer gave it high marks, yet the overall quality score of 59.22 reflects its tiny user base and zero support activity. It is worth trying for hobby projects, demos, or portrait-locked web apps, but I would hesitate to depend on it for a production client site given the lack of PHP requirement declaration and the limited track record. Treat it as a useful utility, not a mission-critical dependency.

Choose this if your real problem is mobile navigation rather than orientation, since it offers full control over mobile menus with 70,000 installs behind it.

AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages 83/100

Pick this if you want a full mobile-optimization overhaul with AMP pages, not just a portrait lock, and you need a solution with 80,000 installs.

WP Responsive Menu 80/100

Choose this alternative when you need a polished mobile menu experience with strong customization, supported by 30,000 active installs.

Definitely allow mobile zooming 80/100

Pick this if your concern is mobile usability for accessibility or readability rather than rotation, with 7,000 installs proving it solves a real problem.

Favicon Rotator 80/100

This is not a true competitor; pick it only if you also need dynamic favicons for seasonal or A/B testing purposes alongside a portrait lock.