Load plugins only where you need them. No bloat, no conflicts, more speed. Deactivate plugins where they don't add anything useful.
As of April 2026, Freesoul Deactivate Plugins is a WordPress cleanup plugin with 9.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 102 reviews. It has been downloaded 408K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2018. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are up 817% this week. Top alternative: WP-Sweep.
Load plugins only where you need them. No bloat, no conflicts, more speed. Deactivate plugins where they don’t add anything useful.
FDP allows you to deactivate plugins on specific pages for speed optimization, debugging and problem-solving.
It works for every page, blog posts, custom posts that are publicly queryable, archives and backend pages.
Turning off plugins selectively can improve the performance, but also solve conflicts between plugins.
For large or business-critical WordPress sites, using FDP is not just an optimization — it is an essential part of a clean, high-performance architecture.
With FDP you can disable the entire plugins where you don’t need th…
This plugin generally works as advertised. However, despite my nearly 20 years of experience as a developer my team has repeatedly contacted support with specific questions about issues we were having with the free and pro versions, only to receive answers which were unhelpful. As a result, we’ve had to rely on google searches to find information that support should have provided. And it does not help that support claimed many times that myself and others on my team were not REAL developers. We did not develop the plugin if we did we’d be able to answer the questions we were asking.
Make sure you read the docs to tune it – then it can speed your site up dramatically!
Excellent plugin, a savior for troubleshooting issues and optimize websites performance. Highly recommended!
FDP is simply brilliant! What a speed BOOST! It gives you full control over which plugins load on specific pages, making it an absolute must for improving performance. It’s truly easy to use even if you’re not technical and everything works smoothly. I haven’t encountered a single bug so far, and the interface is clean and intuitive.
I highly recommend this plugin to anyone who wants to optimize their WordPress site without unnecessary complexity. One of the best tools out there!
This plugin gave my site a boost like a rocket. It was fantastic transformation from a turtle to a cheetah!!! Incredible. Why does no one recommend this plugin as the most important for WordPress optimization? It must be first and then others!
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 7.0 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
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