Title: Remove WordPress Overhead Author: omnisite Published: 9 сар 22, 2016 Last modified: 8 сар 4, 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/remove-wp-overhead/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1500591) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/remove-wp-overhead/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1500591) # Remove WordPress Overhead By [omnisite](https://profiles.wordpress.org/omnisite/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/remove-wp-overhead.1.6.0.zip) * [Details](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-wp-overhead/#description) * [Reviews](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-wp-overhead/#reviews) * [Installation](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-wp-overhead/#installation) * [Development](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-wp-overhead/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-wp-overhead/) ## Description A standard WP installation contains many links in the head of your HTML (which slow down your site) and has standard widgets you might never use. You can now install this plugin and check the items you want to have removed. The saved options are cached for better performance. Header items you can remove: * Remove dashicons CSS from frontend * Remove RSD / EditURI Link * Remove WLW Manifest Link * Remove RSS Feed Links * Remove Next & Prev Post Links * Remove Shortlink URL (also from http headers) * Remove WP Generator Meta * Remove Version Numbers from Style and Script Links * Disable WP Emoji / emoticons* Disable JSON API * Disable Canonical URL * Remove WooCommerce Generator Meta * Remove jQuery Migrate script * Disable XML-RPC methods that require authentication * Remove all scripts and styles added by Gutenberg (in case you still use the classic editor) You can disable the following widgets: * Archives * Calendar * Categories * Links* Meta * Nav Menu * Pages * Recent Comments * Recent Posts * RSS * Search * Tag Cloud* Text ## Screenshots * [[ * screenshot-1: settings screen ## Installation Installing “Remove WordPress Overhead” can be done either by searching for “Remove WordPress Overhead” via the “Plugins > Add New” screen in your WordPress dashboard, or by using the following steps: 1. Download the plugin via WordPress.org 2. Upload the ZIP file through the ‘Plugins > Add New > Upload’ screen in your WordPress dashboard 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd4bf5ad28b1eb36e0cc0c73fda49a08bb6e024e8ee5e743eb0dca0c8e6080b1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[good job](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-job-1772/)󠁿 [pagrob](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pagrob/) 1 сар 3, 2024 great job work properly ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b9ccfa81ba51c8cec6e4e654eee3d1a477c083ab42e06d2425fcb6ce64d7f817? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Slick and clean](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/slick-and-clean-2/)󠁿 [televizor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/televizor/) 9 сар 2, 2020 Cool stuff! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9ca2320b4f0779f4ede2953f5a0aa59001a12c1e40126db8d857d3da59053e8d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome, unique free plugin!!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-unique-free-plugin/)󠁿 [bhosting](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bhosting/) 12 сар 31, 2016 I’m shocked this plugin doesn’t have more downloads and positive reviews. I have been searching a while for a plugin to remove header output from my site. There are many plugins that will do one or two but no free ones that offer all of them. I also am hesitant with altering my functions.php file or creating a child theme to do so. Using this plugin bypasses losing the settings upon theme update and the management overhead of child themes. For me this plugin is most useful to remove the extraneous header information that is not necessary for my websites such as… rss+xml, Comments Feed, wp-json, rsd+xml, wlwmanifest+xml, json+oembed, xml+oembed. I just use this plugin to disable header information but love the other capabilities. If you don’t have the technical knowledge to understand what you are disabling… then research it or don’t disable. You have the option of enabling/disabling at a granular level just as the one user proved with his 2 star rating. Some of the URL options can alter the pages people are used to accessing on your site. The 2 star rating proved they were not qualified to make the changes they did. Don’t blame the plugin, blame yourself!! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/669501e9af4b0857580aab5439afcff96410833d4bd696a10176c69b3264675d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Nice](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nice-226/)󠁿 [aeliane](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aeliane/) 9 сар 23, 2016 Works even on my very old WP installation. Does exactly what is states. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d1030590f60d21fefa30620a1c50195fa207c5ed67f618326ba6ad781264301c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great for cleaning up your header](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-for-cleaning-up-your-header/)󠁿 [omnisite](https://profiles.wordpress.org/omnisite/) 9 сар 22, 2016 Made by me, because I was always pasting in the same code in my theme functions file. So I made a plugin for it 🙂 [ Read all 5 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-wp-overhead/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Remove WordPress Overhead” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ omnisite ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/omnisite/) “Remove WordPress Overhead” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/remove-wp-overhead/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Remove WordPress Overhead” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/remove-wp-overhead) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/remove-wp-overhead/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/remove-wp-overhead/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/remove-wp-overhead/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/remove-wp-overhead/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.6.0 * 2024-08-04 * option to remove dashicons css from frontend #### 1.5.6 * 2023-12-29 * fix deprecated stuff #### 1.5.5 * 2023-08-09 * fix deprecated stuff #### 1.5.4 * 2022-10-25 * fix emoji removal * apply WP coding styles #### 1.5.3 * 2022-10-25 * also removed canonical action from wp_head: thanks to Joy Reynolds (https://github. com/joyously) #### 1.5.2 * 2022-07-14 * changed tested WP version #### 1.5.1 * 2019-12-14 * fix admin load settings script warning #### 1.5.0 * 2019-12-14 * remove Gutenberg block scripts and styles #### 1.4.0/1.4.1 * 2019-12-11 * contributions by Mathew Callaghan (https://github.com/mathewcallaghan) * remove jQuery Migrate script * disable XML-RPC methods that require authentication #### 1.3.1 * 2019-12-09 * increased tested WP version #### 1.3.0 * 2019-12-09 * contribution by Bill (https://github.com/lefooey) : * If short links are turned off, this also removes the short link that * WordPress puts in the HTTP headers * Thanks Bill. Sorry for the 2 year delay in merging 🙂 #### 1.2.0 * 2019-12-09 * general code clean up #### 1.1.0 * 2016-10-23 * ability to remove canonical url from header * ability to remove WooCommerce generator tag from header * add plugin git URL * add “select all” op settings page * namespace classes to avoid function name collisions * add css sliders and checkboxes on settings page * added info buttons on the settings page #### 1.0.2 * 2016-09-23 * Correct author name in php file * Add donate link in readme * Better readme text #### 1.0.1 * 2016-09-18 * Add license in composer.json #### 1.0.0 * 2016-09-18 * Initial release ## Meta * Version **1.6.0** * Last updated **2 жил ago** * Active installations **1,000+** * WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.6.5** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-wp-overhead/) ба [Polish](https://pl.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-wp-overhead/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/remove-wp-overhead) * Tags * [clean](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/clean/)[disable widgets](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable-widgets/) [header](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/header/)[remove](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/remove/) [Remove Widgets](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/remove-widgets/) * [Advanced View](https://mn.wordpress.org/plugins/remove-wp-overhead/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 5 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-wp-overhead/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-wp-overhead/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-wp-overhead/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-wp-overhead/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-wp-overhead/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-wp-overhead/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/remove-wp-overhead/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ omnisite ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/omnisite/) ## Support Got something to say? 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