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Archive Disabler

Archive disabler allows you to "turn off" some of WordPress' built in archive pages.

By chrisguitarguy·Archives·Free
5(1 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 14 years ago
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As of April 2026, Archive Disabler is a WordPress archives plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 4.6K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Disable Author Archives.

5/51 reviews
100active installs
4.6K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012

Overview

Archive Disabler allows you to disable WordPress’ default archive pages. It does this by either redirecting those archive pages or causing them to throw a 404 error depending on your settings.

You may want to do this if, for instance, you didn’t want to expose post format archives to the world. Instead you could redirect them to the home page of your site.

Read full description on WordPress.org

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Ratings & Reviews

51 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.3+ requiredTested up to 3.3.2
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.0

  • Initial version
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

chrisguitarguychrisguitarguy
Plugin Info
Version
1.0
Last Updated
Mar 13, 2012
WP Requires
3.3+
Tested Up To
3.3.2
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
4.6K+
Added
Mar 13, 2012
Business
Free

Tags

archivesredirects

Developer

C
chrisguitarguy
8 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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