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01 / A body of work
Public projects and source-backed details. A place to discover the work and follow it back to its home.
Install and rating summaries cover 12 available first-page projects, not an estimate for the whole portfolio. Install counts are source-reported figures, not unique people.
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Disable Gutenberg
Built for WordPressProject spotlight / From the available work
Disable Gutenberg Block Editor and restore the Classic Editor and original Edit Post screen (TinyMCE, meta boxes, etc.).
02 / The project library
Showing 1–12 of 30 plugins
Monitor traffic and ban unwanted visitors. Block any user or IP address so they can't access your site.
★ 4.4 · 19 source ratings · v3.5.3
WordPress pluginThe fastest firewall plugin for WordPress. Protect against a wide range of threats with minimal performance impact.
★ 4.9 · 160 source ratings · v20260809
Read the full bio ↗Professional web developer and book author with two decades of experience. Enjoys all aspects of web design and development, with focus on WordPress and security. Projects include shapeSpace starter theme and 8G Firewall. Books include Digging Into WordPress, The Tao of WordPress, and WordPress Themes In Depth. Writes dev tutorials at Perishable Press and DigWP.com. Sells premium WordPress plugins at…
Read their story ↗Started working with WordPress back in 2005 and haven ’ t looked back 🙂
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Blackhole is a WordPress security plugin that detects and traps bad bots in a virtual black hole, where they are denied access to your entire site.
WordPress pluginContact Coldform is a secure, lightweight and flexible contact form with plenty of options and squeaky clean markup.
★ 4.5 · 13 source ratings · v20261101
WordPress pluginDisplays a user-friendly contact form that your visitors will love. Lightweight, fast, secure, and accessible (ADA/WCAG compliant).
★ 5.0 · 32 source ratings · v3.1Restores the Custom Field meta box for the Gutenberg Block Editor.
★ 4.9 · 17 source ratings · v2.5
WordPress pluginAdds 9 awesome widgets to your WP Dashboard. Includes User Notes, Social Buttons, System Info, Debug/Error Logs, and more!
★ 4.9 · 38 source ratings · v3.6Activate this plugin to disable the Application Passwords feature that was added in WP v5.6.
★ 5.0 · 9 source ratings · v2.7Disable Gutenberg Block Editor and restore the Classic Editor and original Edit Post screen (TinyMCE, meta boxes, etc.).
★ 5.0 · 735 source ratings · v3.3.2Activate this plugin to disable the Lazy Loading feature that was added in WP v5.5.
★ 4.5 · 23 source ratings · v2.8Provides options to disable the extra images generated by WordPress.
★ 5.0 · 23 source ratings · v2.7Completely disables WP responsive images.
★ 4.3 · 12 source ratings · v2.7Source: WordPress.org public profile · Snapshot checked Oct 19, 2026. Excerpts and selected activity; details may change at the source.