Coreline

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Essential hardening and cleanup for every WordPress site.

Author:Kishan Jasani (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:5.0
WordPress version tested:6.9.4
Plugin version:1.0.0
Added to WordPress repository:21-01-2026
Last updated:26-01-2026
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Plugin URI:https://github.com/kishanjasani/coreline
Total downloads:200
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Coreline is a lightweight WordPress security and optimization plugin that provides essential hardening features for your WordPress installation. It follows clean code principles, PSR standards, and is designed to be testable, scalable, and maintainable.

Features

  • Emoji Script Removal – Removes WordPress emoji detection scripts to improve performance
  • WordPress Version Hiding – Removes WordPress version numbers from HTML and RSS feeds for better security
  • Custom Login URL – Changes wp-login.php to a custom URL (e.g., /secure-login/) to prevent automated brute-force attacks
  • Hotlink Protection – Prevents other websites from hotlinking your images (works on both Apache and Nginx)
  • Disable Pingbacks & Trackbacks – Disables XML-RPC pingbacks and trackbacks for improved security

Benefits

  • Lightweight and fast
  • No database queries overhead
  • Clean, PSR-compliant code
  • Fully tested and maintained
  • Compatible with all major themes and plugins

Developer Friendly

Coreline is built with developers in mind:

  • PSR-4 autoloading
  • WordPress Coding Standards compliant
  • PHPStan Level 8 verified
  • Fully filterable and extensible
  • Comprehensive inline documentation

Support

For bug reports and feature requests, please visit GitHub Issues

License

This plugin is licensed under the GPLv2 or later.

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