Completely Disable Comments

add_action(‘admin_init’, function () { // Redirect any user trying to access comments page global $pagenow; if ($pagenow === ‘edit-comments.php’) { wp_safe_redirect(admin_url()); exit; } // Remove comments metabox from dashboard remove_meta_box(‘dashboard_recent_comments’, ‘dashboard’, ‘normal’); // Disable support for comments and trackbacks in…Continue reading

Remove users from WP-JSON

add_filter(‘rest_endpoints’, function( $endpoints ) { if ( isset( $endpoints[‘/wp/v2/users’] ) ) { unset( $endpoints[‘/wp/v2/users’] ); } if ( isset( $endpoints[‘/wp/v2/users/(?P[\d]+)’] ) ) { unset( $endpoints[‘/wp/v2/users/(?P[\d]+)’] ); } return $endpoints; });Continue reading

Last Login Column

// Please note: This snippet will only show the last login date & time AFTER the snippet is activated. // The snippet has to be active to track the last login date & time. // Add a column to the…Continue reading

Disable Automatic Updates Emails

// Disable auto-update emails. // add_filter( ‘auto_core_update_send_email’, ‘__return_false’ ); // Disable auto-update emails for plugins. add_filter( ‘auto_plugin_update_send_email’, ‘__return_false’ ); // Disable auto-update emails for themes. add_filter( ‘auto_theme_update_send_email’, ‘__return_false’ );Continue reading

Admin Server Log

// Admin Server Log / Kiri Vadivelu / 2026 // Log HTTP requests to a file define( ‘HTTP_LOG_FILE’, WP_CONTENT_DIR . ‘/http-requests.log’ ); function my_log_http_request( $response, $request, $url ) { $log_entry = [ ‘time’ => current_time( ‘mysql’ ), ‘method’ => $request[‘method’],…Continue reading

Admin Email Log

// Admin Email Log / Kiri Vadivelu / 2026 // Register the Admin Menu add_action(‘admin_menu’, ‘register_all_menus’); function register_all_menus() { add_menu_page( ‘Email Log’, ‘Email Log’, ‘manage_options’, // Access for Admin Only ‘smtp-log’, ‘render_smtp_log_page’, ‘dashicons-email-alt’, 99 ); } // Render the Email…Continue reading