WP Tweaks — WordPress Security Plugin
by Luiz Bills · WordPress.org page · Website
WP Tweaks has 200+ active installs on WordPress.org and 15,838 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on April 26, 2025, tested up to WordPress 6.8.8.
WP Tweaks at a glance
Is WP Tweaks well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Produces clean filenames for uploads
- Change admin footer text
- Disable author page and author search by url
- Disable emoji mess
- Disable “meta widget”
- Disable WP REST API public access
- Disable “website” field from comment form
- Disable wp embed
- Disable xmlrpc.php
- Show admin bar for admin users only
- Hide WordPress update nag to all but admins
- Remove “WordPress logo” from admin bar
WP Tweaks reviews and ratings
3 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Handy Backend Clean Up!
I appreciate this plugin as it contains clean up options for WordPress. Thank you.
Curtis -
This plugin is great!
This plugin is great! It has all the right stuff. I just think it only needs to remove "Comments" from the admin bar and add the functions that this plugin does: WP Core Update Cleaner. Anyway, great job!
borseba -
Agiliza um bocado
Gostei do plugin, agiliza bastante na hora de dar uma otimizada
Tiago Bega
Details
Several opinionated WordPress tweaks focused in security and performance.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Rankings WP Tweaks competes in
Tags
- optimization
- performance
- security
- tweaks
- xmlrpc
- Version
- 2.4.1
- Last updated
- Apr 26, 2025
- First published
- May 24, 2018
- Requires WordPress
- 4.0
- Tested up to
- 6.8.8
- Requires PHP
- 7.4
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
WP Tweaks FAQ
What does WP Tweaks do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, WP Tweaks offers Produces clean filenames for uploads, Change admin footer text, Disable author page and author search by url, Disable emoji mess and Disable “meta widget”.
How many active installs does WP Tweaks have?
WordPress.org reports 200+ active installs for WP Tweaks as of September 7, 2026.
Is WP Tweaks still maintained?
The last release was on April 26, 2025, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.
Is WP Tweaks free?
WP Tweaks is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.