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Is Disable REST API still maintained?

Its last release was 36 months ago. No release in over two years.

Maintenance
ABANDONED
no release in over two years — last release 2023-09-14.
Active installs
80k
as the directory reports it, in buckets — a floor rather than a count.
Rating
4.8★
from 38 ratings. no support threads to resolve.

This measures maintenance, not quality. A small, finished plugin that genuinely needed no changes in three years grades ABANDONED here and may still be the right choice. What the grade tells you is whether anyone is there if something breaks.

By Dave McHale, tested up to WordPress 6.3.10. Listing on wordpress.org.

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