Grade B

Disable Media Pages

Name: Disable Media Pages
Rating: 5.0 (17 reviews)
Author: joppuyo

⤓ Download v4.0.0 on WordPress.org ↗

by joppuyoupdated 2025-08-04😴The Napper

Relief at last for anyone tired of messy attachment URLs.

HealthyDeclining

70/100

This lightweight utility reliably solves SEO and slug conflict problems without any bloat.

Loved28/40

Trustworthy14/15

Fair & Honest15/15

Maintained9/18

Momentum4/12

✂️

You might not need this plugin. Its core job is small enough to live in your theme's functions.php.

Show the snippet

add_action( 'template_redirect', function () {
    if ( is_attachment() ) {
        global $wp_query;
        $wp_query->set_404();
        status_header( 404 );
        nocache_headers();
        include get_query_template( '404' );
        exit;
    }
} );

// Rename new attachment slugs to their ID so they don't reserve pretty slugs.
add_filter( 'wp_insert_attachment_data', function ( $data ) {
    $data['post_name'] = uniqid( 'attachment-' );
    return $data;
} );

Keep in mind:The plugin also includes WP-CLI commands to bulk-mangle or restore existing attachment slugs, which the snippet does not cover.

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Active installs

~15,000

our estimate · wp.org shows 10k+

Rating

5.0★

17 ratings

Trend · vs a year ago

-9%

Declining

32 → 29 installs/day

What to watch out for

MINORnot updated in 10 months

Downloads over time

real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend

2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03

organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median

Declining · -9% in the last year

32/day a year ago→29/day today

Reviews

what people actually say

Disable Media Pages is praised for reliably disabling attachment pages and preventing slug conflicts while being simple, lightweight, and conflict-free.

What people like

+Works reliably out of the box with smooth performance×4
+Simple to use and does exactly what it promises×2
+Prevents attachment page and slug namespace conflicts, avoiding thin content×3
+Works without conflicts with other media plugins
+Good documentation
+Considered a must-have handy plugin
+Avoids the need for additional SEO plugin bloat

Common complaints

Review trustMostly organic

5.00★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 5.00★
12%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
past spikeReview timing — up to 40% of all reviews landed in a single month
100%5★ concentration — near-perfect across only 17 reviews — not yet a proven track record

Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower

2023-10-182025-02-092026-06-04

5★ reviews1–4★ reviews

All-time ratings · 17 total

5★

4★

3★

2★

1★

Latest reviews · 17 analyzed

2025-01-20★★★★★An essential tool xoruna
2024-10-04★★★★★Excellent plugin kotoedo
2024-07-13★★★★★A life saver!Pineapple is DISGUSTING on Pizza
2024-07-08★★★★★YES! Solved my problem. No more added numbers -2 mksmpl1-shot
2023-10-08★★★★★Absolutely amazing plugin. THANK YOU!!Gary Gordon1-shot
2023-05-12★★★★★Working well atresall
2023-02-01★★★★★Disable Media Pages works fine and conflict free with other media plugins abitofmind
2022-12-09★★★★★must have!pixeline
2022-11-27★★★★★A Needed Plugin for Every WordPress al2k5
2022-04-05★★★★★Great plugin!leanderbraunschweig

Releases

recent versions from WordPress.org SVN

2025-08-04v4.0.0
2024-07-25v3.1.3
2024-04-04v3.1.2
2024-03-26v3.1.1
2024-03-24v3.1.0
2023-11-09v3.0.4
2023-11-09v3.0.5
2023-09-26v3.0.3

For developers & the curious

the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary above

Download signals

Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.

Baseline · median of last 7 organic days

Prior 7-day baseline

Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days

Mean release-day peak (30d)

Latest day · 2026-06-03(spike)

+160.0%

Week-over-week organic trend

Review signals

Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.

40%

Max month share · biggest single 30-day window

2.87

Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty

100%

5★ share in analyzed sample

12%

Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity

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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo

5.00 → 5.00★

Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered