Unbloater
Remove unnecessary code, nags and bloat from WordPress core and certain plugins.
5(16 reviews)
·5.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 months agoAs of April 2026, Unbloater is a WordPress bloat plugin with 5.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 16 reviews. It has been downloaded 56K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.2+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2021. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Disable Everything.
5/516 reviews
5.0K+active installs
56K+total downloads
5 yearssince 2021
Overview
Unbloater is a simple and minimalist interface for cleaning up your WordPress admin dashboard and site code from unnecessary and not needed items. It mostly uses filters and actions to achieve fast and clean results. The settings screen is clean by itself, no additional styling or branding – that’s what the plugin stands for.
This plugin evolved out of my personal need to clean up sites for clients. The available options, especially for third party plugins, may therefore be biased. They might also be developer-focused in that the results work towards a cleaner site for non-technical users.
Included Options
Unbloater currently integrates 50+ options:
Core (Backend):
- Hide update notice for non-admin users
- Disable core auto-updates
- Disable theme auto-updates
- Disable plugin auto-…
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Ratings & Reviews
516 reviews
5 ★
16
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Recent Reviews
MUST HAVE WORDPRESS PLUGIN
by MTC·1 year ago
Goodness, this is one handy mofo! THANK YOU
Unironically THE best unbloat/debloat plugin on WordPress.
by Aggravated Badger·1 year ago
Installed on two websites of mine, settings are dummy friendly and very straightforward. Very lightweight plugin too. The author deserves more ratings! Cheers and hope you keep this amazing plugin up to date!
The best unbloat plugin
by akgt·2 years ago
The best plugin to unbloat your wordpress website, simple, clean and free, it does not need any pro upgrade like others. along with a great developer.
Nice plugin
by nene·2 years ago
I like this splugin, simple and clean.
- This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by nene.
super
by dago·3 years ago
works great
Download Trends
Today: 31Yesterday: 36This week: 189Period total: 13K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.2+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.2+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.6
97.0%
v1.5
3.0%
Top Alternatives to Unbloater
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.6.4
- Added: Remove WP Rocket admin bar item
- Added: Remove WP Rocket footprint (in your source code)
- Added: Remove Imagify ads (added by WP Rocket)
- Added: Remove Redis Cache admin bar item
- Tested up to WP 6.9
Contributors
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.