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axanet Tools

axanet Tools are the essentials for visibility control

Active installs10+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d209▲ 7.7× vs prev. 30d
Rating—0 reviews
Health score66/100Good
All-time downloads825Since Sep 2025
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 6.2PHP 8.0+
Downloads · 7d17▼ -10.5% week over week
Our verdict

Solid choice

axanet Tools is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 3 weeks ago, and scores 66/100 on our health check.

  • Actively developed — last update 3 weeks ago
  • Tested with the latest WordPress (7.1)
  • Small user base (10+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

102131Jul 4Aug 17Oct 1
Yesterday4
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day42Sep 2, 2026
Last 12 months654

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where axanet Tools stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
essentials >100 2,357 Best essentials plugins →
maintenance >100 3,162 Best maintenance plugins →
tools >100 10,000 Best tools plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.1100.0%

About axanet Tools

From the official readme ¡ v1.1.8

Description

Essential tools to edit login logo and login security, disable comments site-wide with optional deletion, disable system pages, manage admin bar visibility, search & replace database strings, clean up database and control maintenance mode.

Features include:
* Login Logo
* Login Security
* Comments
* WP Pages
* Admin Bar
* Disable REST API
* Search & Replace
* Clean-Up Database
* Maintenance Mode

Installation

  1. Upload the plugin files to the /wp-content/plugins/axanet-tools directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.
  3. Use the plugin settings page to configure options.

Frequently asked questions

Is this plugin free?

Yes, this plugin is free for life.

Are there any annoying in-app paid features?

Absolutely not.

Changelog

1.1.8

  • Added: Disable REST API tab, restricting REST API access to logged-in users (including via Application Passwords) with a single toggle.
  • Added: Feature Status overview on the dashboard’s Home tab, listing every feature’s current on/off state (and, for WP Pages, how many page types are disabled) without needing to open each tab.
  • Fixed: Uninstalling while Comments was disabled left default_comment_status/default_ping_status closed, silently defaulting new posts to closed comments; uninstall now restores both to open in that case.
  • Changed: Renamed the “Disable Comments” tab and dashboard references to “Comments,” since the tab toggles comments both on and off.

1.1.7

  • Fixed: Database Cleanup’s “Trashed Posts & Pages” option only ever cleaned up posts; trashed pages and other post types are now included as the label always said.
  • Fixed: Database Cleanup’s orphaned post meta/comment meta cleanup could delete legitimate data some plugins store under post/comment ID 0 as a global key-value store; that data is no longer treated as orphaned.
  • Fixed: Search & Replace could silently corrupt data on tables with a composite (multi-column) primary key by updating on only the first key column; such tables are now safely skipped, matching the existing no-primary-key protection.
  • Fixed: Search & Replace no longer overwrites a value with a raw string replace when it looks serialized but fails to unserialize; the row is left untouched instead.
  • Added: Search & Replace now shows a confirmation prompt before a real (non-preview) run, matching the other destructive actions in the plugin.
  • Fixed: Login Security’s blocked IP list is no longer autoloaded and is pruned continuously, preventing site-wide slowdown from a large, sustained brute-force attack.
  • Fixed: Disabling comments with “delete all existing comments” selected could leave the plugin’s own enabled/disabled state out of sync with the site’s comment settings if the request timed out partway through a very large deletion; bulk comment deletion also now uses less memory.
  • Fixed: Uninstalling the plugin now also removes its login-logo reachability cache instead of leaving it behind.

1.1.6

  • Security: Login Security no longer trusts spoofable client headers (X-Forwarded-For / Client-IP) for IP blocking by default, and blocked IPs can no longer have their block indefinitely renewed by repeated attempts.
  • Fixed: Search & Replace could corrupt PHP-serialized values (widgets, theme mods, plugin settings); replacements are now serialization-aware and applied per-row via each table’s primary key, with unsafe tables skipped and flagged instead of modified.
  • Fixed: Maintenance Mode could enter a redirect loop when the redirect URL matched the currently requested page.
  • Fixed: Login page logo reachability was checked on every single login page view; now cached to reduce load time.
  • Fixed: Database Cleanup item counts could show stale numbers after running a cleanup, and the results message wasn’t fully translatable.
  • Fixed: Confirmation dialogs no longer appear on safe actions (Save, Enable) that don’t need one.
  • Changed: Tab navigation no longer relies on an expiring nonce, so bookmarked or shared links to a specific tab keep working.

1.1.5

  • Fixed: Bug fixes

1.1.4

  • Fixed: Bug fixes

1.1.3

  • Optimised: Clean-up script optimised

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

Main settings screen showing the tabbed interface for managing plugin features.
Main settings screen showing the tabbed interface for managing plugin features.

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FAQ

axanet Tools: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org ¡ checked Oct 2, 2026

Is axanet Tools free?

Yes. axanet Tools is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is axanet Tools safe to use in 2026?

axanet Tools is a solid plugin choice in 2026, with a few things worth checking first. It runs on 10+ sites and was last updated 3 weeks ago, and scores 66/100 on our health check.

How many websites use axanet Tools?

axanet Tools is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 825 times since it launched in September 2025. It was downloaded 209 times in the last 30 days.

Does axanet Tools work with WordPress 7.1?

Yes. The developer has tested axanet Tools up to WordPress 7.1.2, the latest release. It requires WordPress 6.2 or newer.

What PHP version does axanet Tools need?

axanet Tools requires PHP 8.0 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.

When was axanet Tools last updated?

The latest version, 1.1.8, was released on September 9, 2026 (3 weeks ago).

Who makes axanet Tools?

axanet Tools is developed and maintained by Ricardo Faria.

What are the best alternatives to axanet Tools?

The most popular alternatives to axanet Tools are WPDevDesign (500+ installs), Surplus Essentials (10+ installs) and K2 Custom Payment Gateway f… (<10 installs).

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