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giantpeach/wp-sane-defaults
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WordPress mu-plugin that fixes common insecure and annoying defaults.

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WP Sane Defaults
================

[](#wp-sane-defaults)

WordPress mu-plugin that fixes common insecure and annoying defaults.

What it does
------------

[](#what-it-does)

**Security:**

- Disables the Users REST API endpoint for unauthenticated requests
- Disables XML-RPC entirely
- Removes the X-Pingback header
- Disables file editing via the admin
- Obscures login error messages to prevent user enumeration
- Disables author archives (redirects to homepage)
- Removes WordPress version from scripts, styles, and meta tags

**Performance/Cleanup:**

- Removes emoji scripts and styles
- Removes oEmbed discovery links
- Removes DNS prefetch for `s.w.org`
- Only loads comment-reply JS when actually needed
- Removes unnecessary meta tags (generator, WLW manifest, RSD link, shortlink, REST API link, feed links)
- Disables self-pingbacks
- Hides update nags for non-admin users

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Drop `wp-sane-defaults.php` into `wp-content/mu-plugins/`.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.0+
- WordPress 6.0+

###  Health Score

21

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LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance61

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity11

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e66b81ebd507f82992c477ab3e567933436d0a810a0886e6005b2e8b0fdf317a?d=identicon)[Giant Peach](/maintainers/Giant%20Peach)

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Top Contributors

[![tom-gurney](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6736496?v=4)](https://github.com/tom-gurney "tom-gurney (4 commits)")

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