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WP Core

Overview

Bespoke WordPress plugin that centralises small, cross-cutting platform behaviours for Avon and Somerset Police sites. Features are toggled on or off via wp-config.php — no admin screens, no per-site plugin settings.

Installed as a Composer dependency and activated like any other plugin. Each capability is registered in asp-wp-core.php and loaded only when enabled through ASP_CORE_FEATURES.

Features

Feature Default Description
concurrent_sessions true Prevents multiple simultaneous logins per user
rest_auth true Restores Application Password / Basic auth when the reverse proxy strips the Authorization header (also accepts X-WP-Authorization / X-Authorization)
disable_comments false Disables comments site-wide
disable_embeds false Disables WordPress oEmbed and embeds
disable_xmlrpc false Disables the XML-RPC API
disable_trackbacks false Disables trackbacks and pingbacks
disable_asset_versioning false Removes the ver query string from enqueued styles and scripts
clean_up false Tidies front-end WordPress output (head cleanup, default block/global styles, markup tweaks). Intended for sites using Frontend for styling
clone_page true Adds a Clone row action on Pages
page_excerpt true Enables the native excerpt box on pages and prevents auto-generated excerpts

Public helper: asp_core_feature_enabled( string $feature ): bool.

Requirements

  • WordPress 6.9+ recommended (for full clean_up block and global style handling)
  • PHP 8.2+
  • Composer (when installed as a dependency)

Installation

Via Composer (recommended):

"require": {
  "policedigitalservices/asp-wp-core": "^1.3"
}

Include the VCS repository if required, then:

composer update policedigitalservices/asp-wp-core

Activate WP Core in WordPress admin (or your project’s active plugin list), then configure ASP_CORE_FEATURES in wp-config.php.

Configuration

define('ASP_CORE_FEATURES', [
    'concurrent_sessions'      => true,
    'disable_comments'         => true,
    'disable_embeds'           => true,
    'disable_xmlrpc'           => true,
    'disable_trackbacks'       => true,
    'disable_asset_versioning' => true,
    'clean_up'                 => true,
    'rest_auth'                => true,
    'clone_page'               => true,
    'page_excerpt'             => true,
]);

Any feature omitted from the array uses its built-in default. Set a feature to false to disable it explicitly.

Hosting

Runs in consuming WordPress sites.

Tech stack

  • PHP
  • WordPress

Used by

  • WordPress products such as Tasks
  • Other ASP WordPress sites that include the package via Composer

Integrations

In house applications

Force IT

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Third party

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Contacts

  • Christian King -- Development Team Lead

Repositories

Resources

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Published 21 September 2026
Last updated 21 September 2026