Disable Media Pages vs Hidden WP Admin — WordPress

Disable Media Pages vs Hidden WP Admin

Name: Disable Media Pages
Rating: 5 (17 reviews)

Side-by-side comparison · 24 data points

Disable Media Pages

5.0·17reviews·10,000+installs

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1. Listing metadata

Field-level data

	Disable Media Pages	Hidden WP Admin
Tagline	—	—
Description	2601 / 5000 chars52% used	865 / 5000 chars17% used
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Platforms	WordPress	WordPress
Developer	joppuyo	Justin Busa
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Feature comparison between Disable Media Pages and Hidden WP Admin
Metric	Disable Media Pages	Hidden WP Admin
Rating	★ 5.0 ★	3.4 ★
Total reviews	★ 17	5
Active installs	10,000+	90+
Free plan	—	—

Keyword	Disable Media Pages	Hidden WP Admin
contact	#857	Not ranked

4. App details

Long-form description · keyword frequency

Disable Media Pages

Completely disable “attachment” pages created by WordPress. By default, WordPress creates a page for each of your attachments. This is can be undesirable because of two reasons: Search engine optimization Attachment pages don’t have any content, except an image, so they provide little value and can negatively affect your SEO because they are so-called thin content. Even worse, attachment pages may in some cases rank higher than your actual content pages which leads to a poor user experience. Reserved slugs Attachment pages can accidentally reserve slugs on your site. Let’s say you upload an image named contact.jpeg, an attachment page https://example.com/contact is automatically created. If you then try to create a page named Contact, the URL for that page will be https://example.com/contact-2 which isn’t that great. How it works This plugin works by automatically setting all attachment slugs to an unique id, so they won’t conflict with your pages. If an attachment page is accessed, the plugin will set a 404 status code and display the “page not found” template. You can also mangle any existing attachment slugs so they won’t cause any issues in the future. WP CLI support The plugin supports WP CLI. Mangle existing attachment slugs wp disable-media-pages mangle Restore attachment slugs wp disable-media-pages restore Note for WordPress 6.4 WordPress 6.4 includes a new feature that allows you to disable attachment pages. However, this feature redirects attachment pages to the file URL instead of returning a 404 error. To completely disable attachment pages, you should use this plugin instead. The WP 6.4 feature also does not fix the issue where attachment pages reserve slugs for pages. Also, there is not user interface to enable or disable media pages, they are automatically disabled for new sites but remain enabled for existing sites. Because of these issues, I recommend you to use this plugin instead of the built-in feature. The plugin will be updated in the foreseeable future, at least until attachment pages are completely removed from WordPress core and older WordPress versions are no longer in use. Thanks Special thanks to Greg Schoppe for his research and inspiration that helped a lot with developing this plugin. Support the plugin Maintaining a WordPress plugin is a lot of work. If you like the plugin, please consider rating it on WordPress.org. You can also support me on GitHub sponsors. Thank you! If you are interested, you can also check out my other WordPress plugins: Disable Customizer Disable Drop Cap ACF Image Aspect Ratio Crop

Top keywords

attachment15×3.49%
pages13×3.02%
attachment pages9×2.09%
wordpress9×2.09%
slugs7×1.63%
disable6×1.40%
page6×1.40%
wp5×1.16%
attachment slugs4×0.93%
automatically3×0.70%
because3×0.70%
completely3×0.70%

Hidden WP Admin

This plugin allows you to hide the WordPress admin, login and signup pages from all users except those with a specific capability. Unauthorized users will be redirected via a 301 redirect to your site’s homepage or a URL that you specify in the settings. This plugin is useful if you want to allow signups for your site but only want users with a certain capability (e.g. edit_others_pages for editor and administrator) to be able to access the admin area. This helps to ensure that malicious users can’t access something that you didn’t intend for them to access. You are also given the option to redirect the WordPress login and signup pages to your own custom pages. Redirecting those pages in addition to the admin can also help secure your site from someone trying to attack those URLs. Hidden WP Admin is brought to you by the fine folks at Beaver Builder.

Top keywords

pages5×3.18%
admin4×2.55%
users4×2.55%
access3×1.91%
site3×1.91%
capability2×1.27%
login2×1.27%
login and signup2×1.27%
redirect2×1.27%
signup2×1.27%

Frequently asked

Common questions about this comparison

Which has better reviews, Disable Media Pages or Hidden WP Admin?

Disable Media Pages has the higher average rating (5.0★ from 17 reviews) compared to Hidden WP Admin (3.4★ from 5 reviews). Both are tracked daily by AppRanks, so the figures here update each refresh cycle.

Should I choose Disable Media Pages or Hidden WP Admin?

Disable Media Pages holds the higher average rating (5.0★ vs 3.4★). That is the one dimension AppRanks can separate them on here — read both apps' detail pages for the feature breakdown and recent listing changes.

Which is faster to set up, Disable Media Pages or Hidden WP Admin?

Both apps are one-click installs from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Disable Media Pages has the deeper published review base (17 vs 5), which often — though not always — accompanies better-tested setup docs. AppRanks doesn't measure setup time directly: read the recent reviews on each app's detail page for user-reported install experience.

Which works better for small vs large WordPress Plugin Directory site owners?

Disable Media Pages typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (17 reviews). Hidden WP Admin typically suits early-stage and growth-mode teams based on its published review base (5 reviews). A larger review base generally means the app has been exercised at scale — relevant if you are processing high volume or handling enterprise compliance requirements.

Can I migrate data between Disable Media Pages and Hidden WP Admin?

Migration support varies by app and category. Disable Media Pages and Hidden WP Admin both publish their export options on their marketplace listing pages (or in their support docs); some apps offer one-click import from competitors, others require CSV. The fastest check: search "import from Hidden WP Admin" in each app's help center. AppRanks does not track migration tooling directly — this is a category-specific capability worth verifying before commitment.

Disable Media Pages vs Hidden WP Admin

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