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[Directory](/) 2. / 3. wildwolf/wp-disable-browse-happy Abandoned → [wildwolf/wp-performance-tweaks](/?search=wildwolf%2Fwp-performance-tweaks)ArchivedWordpress-plugin wildwolf/wp-disable-browse-happy ================================ WordPress plugin to disable calls to the BrowseHappy API 1.3.0(5y ago)1312MITShellPHP >=7.0.0 Since Dec 11Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/sjinks/wp-disable-browse-happy)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/wildwolf/wp-disable-browse-happy)[ Docs](https://github.com/sjinks/disable-browse-happy)[ RSS](/packages/wildwolf-wp-disable-browse-happy/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced yesterday READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (6)Used By (0) wp-disable-browse-happy ======================= [](#wp-disable-browse-happy) WordPress plugin to disable queries to BrowseHappy API (for example, for privacy reasons). When you go to the Admin Dashboard of your WordPress site, WP checks whether your browser is up-to-date, and displays a notice if it is not (i.e., "You are using an insecure browser!" or "Your browser is out of date!"). This is probably not a bad thing, but: 1. It could be annoying for Linux users (they may have a browser with all security patches backported yet its version will not be the latest) 2. `wp_check_browser_version()` function, which implements the check, does that with a call to `http://api.wordpress.org/core/browse-happy/1.1/` (or `https://`if the SSL support is enabled): ``` // include an unmodified $wp_version include( ABSPATH . WPINC . '/version.php' ); $url = 'http://api.wordpress.org/core/browse-happy/1.1/'; $options = array( 'body' => array( 'useragent' => $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ), 'user-agent' => 'WordPress/' . $wp_version . '; ' . home_url( '/' ) ); if ( wp_http_supports( array( 'ssl' ) ) ) { $url = set_url_scheme( $url, 'https' ); } $response = wp_remote_post( $url, $options ); ``` You can see that this code sends your user agent string, WordPress version, and the URL and IP address (implicitly) of the blog. Strictly speaking, it is enough to send only the user agent to check whether the browser is up-to-date, the rest of the information is not necessary. [WordPess plugin guidelines](https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/detailed-plugin-guidelines/) say that "In the interest of protecting user privacy, plugins may not contact external servers without the explicit consent of the user". I think that the same should apply to the WP Core itself; since WP "leaks the data" by default, and there is no way to opt out of that in the UI, you can use this plugin to turn off that functionality. Installation ------------ [](#installation) **Via composer** Run from WordPress root directory ``` composer require wildwolf/wp-disable-browse-happy ``` **Traditional way** Upload the plugin to `wp-content/plugins/`, go to the Admin Dashboard => Plugins and activate the plugin. ***Note:*** after you install and activate the plugin, it is possible that you still see the warning in the Dashboard. This happens because WP caches the check result for some time. You can either wait until it goes away, or, if you have [WP-CLI](http://wp-cli.org/#installing), you can run this from your WP root directory: ``` wp transient delete --all ``` ### Health Score 28 — LowBetter than 54% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity10 Limited adoption so far Community12 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity62 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 77.8% 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. ### Release Activity Cadence Every ~301 days Total 4 Last Release 2170d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1079712?v=4)[wildwolf](/maintainers/wildwolf)[@wildwolf](https://github.com/wildwolf) --- Top Contributors [![sjinks](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7810770?v=4)](https://github.com/sjinks "sjinks (28 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (7 commits)")[![MattCCC](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/13603834?v=4)](https://github.com/MattCCC "MattCCC (1 commits)") --- Tags browsehappybrowsehappy-apiprivacywordpresswordpress-pluginpluginwordpressprivacybrowsehappybrowse-happy ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/wildwolf-wp-disable-browse-happy/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/wildwolf-wp-disable-browse-happy/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/wildwolf-wp-disable-browse-happy) ``` ### Alternatives [10up/elasticpress Supercharge WordPress with Elasticsearch. 1.3k374.3k6](/packages/10up-elasticpress)[sybrew/the-seo-framework An automated, advanced, accessible, unbranded and extremely fast SEO solution for any WordPress website. 47078.8k](/packages/sybrew-the-seo-framework)[wp-privacy/wp-api-privacy Strips potentially identifying information from outbound requests to the WordPress.org API 1632.0k](/packages/wp-privacy-wp-api-privacy)[iceicetimmy/acf-post-type-selector Post type selector for Advanced Custom Fields. 559.0k](/packages/iceicetimmy-acf-post-type-selector) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)