As of April 2026, Disable Customizer is a WordPress hide plugin with 400 active installations and a 4/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 9.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 5.0+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Email Encoder – Protect Email Addresses….
4/54 reviews
400active installs
9.7K+total downloads
5 yearssince 2021
Overview
Disable Customizer lets you completely disable Customizer on your WordPress site. This is useful in cases where you develop custom sites or themes that don’t use Customizer. Removing the extra “Customize” button that doesn’t actually do anything useful simplifies the WordPress admin user experience.
The code is based on Customizer Remove All Parts by Jesse Petersen and Andy Wilkerson.
Improvements compared to the original plugin
- I’ve added automated tests that ensure plugin works in new versions of WordPress and PHP.
- With the help of the automated tests, I’ve tested that the plugin works in WordPress 5.0 and later. The original plugin was only tested up to WordPress 4.4.
- The automated tests also ensure that the plugin works in PHP 7 and 8. The original…
Ratings & Reviews
44 reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.5.8 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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Changelog
2.2.7 (2024‐04‐04)
- Fix: Test in WP 6.5
2.2.6 (2023‐12‐12)
- Fix: Test in WP 6.4
2.2.5 (2023‐08‐10)
- Fix: Test in WP 6.3
2.2.4 (2022-11-09)
- Fix: Test in WP 6.1
2.2.3 (2022-05-28)
- Fix: Test in WP 6.0
2.2.2 (2022-01-28)
- Fix: Bump supported WordPress version to 5.9
2.2.1 (2021-12-26)
- Fix: Update readme
Contributors
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