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how to blacklist certain WordPress plugins for clients

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  • August 31, 2024 at 7:02 pm #26373
    Donald
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    This is something many freelancers or agencies or web hosts do not do, and probably should do.

    First, choose clients who are actually interested in listening to your advice and follow your lead on their web stack.

    Second, blacklist the horrible WP plugins that you know will cause malware infections and broken websites.

    How? Easy —> https://github.com/littlebizzy/plugin-blacklist

    September 2, 2024 at 9:46 am #26375
    Dennis
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    does SlickStack use this or LittleBizzy hosting?

    September 2, 2024 at 9:50 am #26378
    Tyler
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    does SlickStack use this or LittleBizzy hosting?

    SlickStack uses the Plugin Blacklist as a required (MU) plugin by default, although if you are the sysadmin you can change this if you like using your ss-config settings.

    Or you can simply disable it, which nulls blacklist.txt

    WP_PLUGIN_BLACKLIST="false"

    But yes, LittleBizzy uses this too, and uses the default blacklist file.

    September 2, 2024 at 9:51 am #26379
    Benjamin
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    This is nifty, I’m surprised more web hosts don’t use something like this…

    September 2, 2024 at 9:52 am #26380
    Terry
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    https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-disallow-or-block-certain-WordPress-plugins

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