Plugiva ClientGuard – Safe WordPress for Clients
Plugiva ClientGuard simplifies and protects the WordPress admin by reducing risky operations and helping prevent unintended changes.
It adds practical guardrails to sensitive areas by reducing access to risky operations and settings that are rarely needed in day-to-day site management.
With one-click Client Mode, you can protect plugins, themes, and critical settings while keeping the admin area clean and usable.
You can also lock Client Mode via configuration to prevent it from being disabled from the admin interface:
define( 'PCGD_LOCK_CLIENT_MODE', true );
This can be added in wp-config.php or defined programmatically in custom code.
When enabled, Client Mode is forced on and cannot be turned off from the dashboard, ensuring consistent protection.
Instead of blocking access aggressively, ClientGuard applies smart guardrails, allowing users to work freely without breaking important parts of your site.
ClientGuard is ideal for:
- Site owners managing their own WordPress site
- Developers handing off sites to clients
- Teams that want a simplified and safer admin experience
Client Mode
Enable Client Mode to instantly apply safe defaults:
- Limits plugin installation and deletion to maintain stability
- Keeps the active theme in place to preserve site layout
- Hides sensitive admin menus to simplify the interface
- Keeps important content safe from edits
- Keeps critical settings like Site URL and Permalinks stable
- Hides ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) admin automatically
Key Features
- One-click Client Mode for a simplified admin experience
- Keeps plugin changes controlled for stability
- Keeps the active theme consistent
- Hides selected admin menus (including ACF when active)
- Keeps important pages safe from editing or deletion
- Keeps critical WordPress settings stable (Site URL, Permalinks)
- Helps govern modern WordPress operational workflows, including REST-based plugin management
- Works with ACF (Advanced Custom Fields) automatically
- Safe defaults – nothing changes on activation
- Clean uninstall with no leftover data
What This Plugin Is NOT
- Not a security or firewall plugin
- Not a role or permission editor
- Not designed to block administrators entirely
Plugiva ClientGuard focuses on preventing mistakes, not enforcing restrictions.
Developer Hooks
Plugiva ClientGuard includes developer-friendly hooks for customizing certain behaviors, such as modifying admin notice messages. Additional hooks may be introduced in future versions.