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Cover Email Address encodes every character of an email address so a browser still shows and links it normally, while a bot scraping the page source finds nothing readable.
Explore module DisableHide Author Slug
Hide Author Slug replaces the username in every author URL with a random, non-guessable token, closing off the REST API, the archive address and the ?author=N redirect as ways to harvest a…
Explore module DisableDisable XML-RPC
Disable XML-RPC closes xmlrpc.php completely, blocking it before WordPress's own XML-RPC server produces any output, with a custom 404 page replacing the request entirely.
Explore module DisableDisable WordPress Version Number
Disable WordPress Version Number strips the version number from every place WordPress publishes it by default — the generator meta tag, RSS/Atom feeds, and the ?ver= parameter on every script and stylesheet…
Explore module DisableDisable Updates
Disable Updates lets you hold back WordPress core, its translations, and any individual plugin or theme, so nothing updates or nags about updating until you decide it should.
Explore module DisableDisable Shortlink
Disable Shortlink removes the tag and the matching HTTP header WordPress adds to every single post and page by default — a leftover from before URL shorteners existed, that some tools still…
Explore module DisableDisable Self Pingbacks
Disable Self Pingbacks removes same-site URLs from the outgoing WordPress pingback queue before requests are sent. Therefore, internal links remain available while WordPress stops notifying its own website.
Explore module DisableDisable RSS Feeds
Disable RSS Feeds blocks WordPress RSS and Atom endpoints with an HTTP 404 response and hides the standard post and comment feed links. Published content remains unchanged while native feed delivery stops.
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