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Axio Core

The plugin contains the features and settings generally deemed to be the most commonly used in all projects. It is meant to be used together with axio-starter but functions on its own as well. Use the site specific…

Active installs300+100+ tier
Downloads · 30d244▼ -2.8% vs prev. 30d
Rating—0 reviews
Health score26/100At risk
All-time downloads5.1KSince Jan 2022
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 5.0.0PHP 7.0+
Downloads · 7d54▼ -12.9% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

Axio Core shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 300+ sites and was last updated 5 years ago, and scores 26/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (300+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 4 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 5.8 (latest is 7.1)

Daily downloads

112233Jul 3Aug 16Sep 30
Yesterday11
Daily average (1y)6
Peak day44Aug 24, 2026
Last 12 months2.3K

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

Rankings

Where Axio Core stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
axio #26 58 Best axio plugins →
axio-starter #2 4 Best axio-starter plugins →
core >100 10,000 Best core plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.1100.0%

About Axio Core

From the official readme · v1.1.2

Description

The plugin contains the features and settings generally deemed to be the most commonly used in all projects. It is meant to be used together with axio-starter but functions on its own as well. Use the site specific plugin to configure the specs of this plugin.

This plugin replaces the previous Aucor Core and is backwards compatible with same function and filter names working.

Contents

Abstract Classes

Directory: root

The models the features are built on

Features and subfeatures

Directory: /features/

Features (containing subfeatures) ranging from security settings to speed optimizations and dashboard cleanup.

admin:

  • front page edit link
  • gallery
  • image-links
  • login
  • admin menu cleanup
  • notifications
  • profile cleanup
  • remove customizer

classic-editor:

  • tinymce

dashboard:

  • cleanup
  • recent widget
  • remove panels

front-end:

  • clean up empty html nodes
  • excerpt
  • html fixes

localization:

  • string translations

plugins:

  • acf
  • cookiebot
  • gravityforms
  • redirection
  • public post preview
  • seo
  • yoast

polyfills:

  • acf
  • polylang

security:

  • disable admin email check
  • disable file edit
  • disable unfiltered html
  • head cleanup
  • hide users
  • remove comment moderation
  • remove commenting

speed:

  • limit revisions
  • move jquery
  • remove emojis
  • remove metabox

debug:

  • style guide
  • wireframe

Helper functions

Directory: root

Contains functions, like enhanced (internal) debugging, for all features/subfeatures to use

Configuration (optional)

“Active” subfeatures

  • The style guide subfeature overrides the WP function the_content() with default markup for testing the most common tag styles, when the GET parameter ‘?ac-debug=styleguide’ is found in the url. You can however replace this markup with a filter:

    add_filter(‘axio_core_custom_markup’, function($content) {
    $content = ‘custom markup’;
    return $content;
    });

  • The wireframe subfeature adds outlines to all elements on page to help with visual debugging, when the GET parameter ‘?ac-debug=wireframe’ is found in the url. It also appends ‘?ac-debug=wireframe’ to the href value in all anchor tags on the page to keep the feature enabled during navigation.

Disable feature/subfeature

By default all the features/subfeatures are on, but you can disable the ones you don’t want with filters in theme or plugin. Here is a minimal code snippet you can use to disable features:

<?php
// disable a feature in Axio Core
add_filter('feature or subfeature key', '__return_false');

Note that if you disable a feature, all underlying subfeatures will be disabled as well.

Installation

Download and activate. That’s it.

Changelog

1.1.2

Added feature to force suffix to attachment page slugs to prevent attachments from reserving nice slugs.

1.1.1

Enhanced data sanitazing on echoing functions, fix metadata errors, move to local placeholder image on styleguide.

1.1.0

Add possibility to force ACF block mode, hide Cookiebot admin notice and extend Public Post Preview nonce.

1.0.0

Initial release.

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

For developers

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FAQ

Axio Core: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 1, 2026

Is Axio Core free?

Yes. Axio Core is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Axio Core safe to use in 2026?

Axio Core shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 300+ sites and was last updated 5 years ago, and scores 26/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Axio Core?

Axio Core is active on 300+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 5,094 times since it launched in January 2022. It was downloaded 244 times in the last 30 days.

Does Axio Core work with WordPress 7.1?

Axio Core is officially tested up to WordPress 5.8.17, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

What PHP version does Axio Core need?

Axio Core requires PHP 7.0 or higher. Most hosts run PHP 8.x today, so it works on any modern WordPress hosting.

When was Axio Core last updated?

The latest version, 1.1.2, was released on January 19, 2022 (5 years ago).

Who makes Axio Core?

Axio Core is developed and maintained by Generaxion.

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