10 Best Disable Users Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Disable Users has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Disable Users
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Simple Login Log
Closest match4.5 (27) 5,000+ active installsThis plugin keeps a log of WordPress user logins. Offers user and date filtering, and export features.
Shares the login, users tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated August 13, 2026.
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5.0 (22) 1,000+ active installsThis plugin will disable the visual editor for selected page/post..
Shares the disable tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since February 21, 2018.
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4.7 (31) 20,000+ active installsDisables all RSS/Atom/RDF feeds on your WordPress site.
Shares the disable tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since March 30, 2018.
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5.0 (23) 10,000+ active installsProvides options to disable the extra images generated by WordPress.
Shares the disable tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated July 18, 2026.
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New User Approve
Paid version available4.3 (131) 20,000+ active installsWordPress user approval plugin to moderate registrations. Approve or deny real users and prevent fake signups to control who registers on site.
Shares the users tag on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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4.8 (101) 10,000+ active installsEfficient many-to-many connections between posts, pages, custom post types, users.
Shares the users tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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4.1 (44) 10,000+ active installsImport users from a CSV into WordPress
Shares the users tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated July 30, 2026.
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Starbox – the Author Box for Humans
4.5 (203) 10,000+ active installsStarbox is the Author Box for Humans. Professional Themes to choose from, HTML5, Social Media Profiles, Google Authorship
Shares the users tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since May 9, 2025.
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4.9 (49) 9,000+ active installsView the WordPress admin as a different role or visitor, switch between users, temporarily change your capabilities, set screen settings for roles.
Shares the users tag on WordPress.org. About 4.5 times the installs, last updated 3 days ago.
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4.5 (24) 10,000+ active installsHelp secure your WooCommerce site by enforcing stronger passwords and taking additional control of your strength requirements.
Shares the users tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since October 11, 2023.
Switching from Disable Users: common questions
What is the best alternative to Disable Users?
Simple Login Log is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 5,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which Disable Users alternative has the most users?
Disable Feeds, with 20,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Disable Users alternative is rated highest?
Posts 2 Posts, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 101 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Disable Users alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Disable Users score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Disable Users on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Simple Login Log is the closest match to Disable Users by the data we track, and Disable Feeds has the widest reach with 20,000+ active installs. View Admin As shipped the most recent release, on October 19, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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