Reducing Plugin Bloat In WordPress
Who is this for?
- Freelancers w/ retained clients
- Agency Developers
- Developers at large companies
What is the problem?
Plugins CAN and WILL get out of control if you don't have a good plugin policy
What can I do about it?
STOP Managing Plugins in the Admin
{
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"require": {
"php": ">=7.0",
"composer/installers": "^1.0",
"oscarotero/env": "^1.1.0",
"roots/wp-password-bcrypt": "^1.0.0",
"vlucas/phpdotenv": "^2.0.1",
"wpackagist-plugin/duplicate-post": "^3.2",
"yoast/wordpress-seo-premium": "12.2",
"wpackagist-plugin/regenerate-thumbnails": "^2.3",
"wpackagist-plugin/pantheon-advanced-page-cache": "^0.3.0",
"wpackagist-plugin/pantheon-hud": "^0.1.2",
"wpackagist-plugin/query-monitor": "^3.0.1",
"wpackagist-plugin/redirection":"^4.4",
"wpackagist-plugin/relevanssi":"4.3.3"
},
...
...
...
}
You can now control
- What plugin get's installed
- What version of that plugin get's installed
They can install/delete/update plugins
// Removing plugin controls from admin
function remove_plugin_controls($actions, $plugin_file, $plugin_data, $context){
if (array_key_exists('edit', $actions)) {
unset($actions['edit']);
}
if (array_key_exists('deactivate', $actions)) {
unset($actions['deactivate']);
}
if (array_key_exists('activate', $actions)) {
unset($actions['activate']);
}
if (array_key_exists('delete', $actions)) {
unset($actions['delete']);
}
return $actions;
}
add_filter('plugin_action_links', 'remove_plugin_controls', 10, 4);
// Remove bulk action options for managing plugins
function disable_bulk_actions($actions){
if (array_key_exists('deactivate-selected', $actions)) {
unset($actions['deactivate-selected']);
}
if (array_key_exists('activate-selected', $actions)) {
unset($actions['activate-selected']);
}
if (array_key_exists('delete-selected', $actions)) {
unset($actions['delete-selected']);
}
if (array_key_exists('update-selected', $actions)) {
unset($actions['update-selected']);
}
}
add_filter('bulk_actions-plugins','disable_bulk_actions');
Reducing Plugin Bloat
By Alex Young
Reducing Plugin Bloat
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