How to Disable Assets Manager for Logged-In Users in WordPress

Why You Need It

Disabling assets can break admin functionality. This option ensures admins see all assets while visitors get the optimized version.

How to Enable this Feature

Step 1: Navigate to Settings

Click into the Classic Monks plugin settings, then the Performance tab, Assets Manager subtab.

Step 2: Enable the Feature

Toggle on the feature.

Step 3: Save and Test

Click Save Changes. Test on the frontend.

Common Use Cases

Admin debugging

When debugging admin functionality, disabling the assets manager ensures all scripts are loaded.

Content updates

When updating content, admins need to see the full page with all assets.

Before you enable this feature

1. Test on staging first to verify no conflicts with your theme or other plugins
2. Check dependent plugins that may rely on the functionality being modified
3. Monitor after enabling for any unexpected behavior on the frontend

How it works under the feature

This feature runs during the WordPress initialization phase. When enabled, its PHP code registers hooks that modify specific WordPress behaviors. The changes are non-destructive and reversible.

No database schema changes are made. The feature state is stored as a boolean value in the wp_options table and can be toggled at any time from the admin settings.