Plugin Blacklist

Disallows bad WordPress plugins

Changelog

2.1.4

• improved disabling "Install Now" button on exact match slugs like /jetpack/

2.1.3

• tweaked disable wordpress.org snippet
• replaced esc_html() with wp_kses_post() wherever messages are being output in admin notices

2.1.2

• added ajaxComplete handler to ensure "Install Now" button is properly disabled even after AJAX events
• minor code cleanup and security and performance enhancements

2.1.1

• changed pbm_enqueue_admin_scripts action to priority 25 to avoid conflicts with Repo Man

2.1.0

• minor refactoring to fix support for exact-match /plugin-slug/ using slashes (without slashes is prefix match only)
• tweaks to formatting, comments, etc.

2.0.2

• add gu_override_dot_org (fixed) snippet

2.0.1

• new global variable $pbm_blacklist_data
• improved pbm_add_admin_notice() to prevent duplicates

2.0.0

• completely refactored plugin to standard WordPress coding using ChatGPT
• no more cron jobs or database usage
• main blacklist now called blacklist
• future blacklist now called graylist
• pause blacklist now called utility
• renamed other sublists to: blacklist classes, blacklist functions, graylist classes, graylist functions, utility classes, utility functions
• blacklisted plugins force deactivated on each WP Admin page load via init if activated (no longer uses cron jobs for this check)
• new feature to gray out blacklisted plugins in the plugin search
• new featured to disable blacklisted plugins action links and replace with the word "Blacklisted"
• trying to circumvent using drop-down menu Activate or direct URL are sent to wp_die
• enhanced code for PHP 8.3
• compatible with PHP 7.0, 7.2, 7.4, 8.1
• support for Git Updater (although this is meant to be a MU plugin only)

1.1.1

• admin notices code play (incomplete)
• abandoned version

1.1.0

• "pause blacklist" feature added (admin notice for utility plugins that should be deactivated when not in use)
• it uses the same technique of the previous sections, checking all plugins on activation/deactivation processes, and also every hour via WP cron. The future and pause plugins info is saved in autoloaded options to avoid extra database queries.
• for clarity I have changed the admin notice color codes, now it shows red border left (error code) for deactivated plugins (yellow before), yellow left border (warning) for future plugins (blue before), and blue (info) for pause plugins.
• added a new section Pause Blacklist in the plugin blacklist.txt template ini file.

1.0.1

• minor performance improvements during the "by code" plugin detection, avoiding the WP active_plugins options update when no banned plugins detected by functions or classes

1.0.0

• initial release
• tested with PHP 7.0
• tested with PHP 7.1
• tested with PHP 7.2
• plugin uses PHP namespaces
• object-oriented codebase
• WP Cron fires 1x hour (de-activates blacklisted plugins)