diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml
index 8679bb4b70ff..54c7da4279a5 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/from_md/release-notes/rl-2305.section.xml
@@ -302,6 +302,14 @@
           <link xlink:href="https://github.com/RasmusLindroth/tut/releases/tag/2.0.0">here</link>.
         </para>
       </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          The <literal>wordpress</literal> derivation no longer contains
+          any builtin plugins or themes; these can be found in
+          <literal>wordpressPackages.{plugins,themes}</literal>,
+          respectively.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
       <listitem>
         <para>
           <literal>llvmPackages_rocm.llvm</literal> will not contain
diff --git a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
index db80ccc9b720..19b3d2f7e121 100644
--- a/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
+++ b/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2305.section.md
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the followin
 
 - `tut` has been updated from 1.0.34 to 2.0.0, and now uses the TOML format for the configuration file instead of INI. Additional information can be found [here](https://github.com/RasmusLindroth/tut/releases/tag/2.0.0).
 
+- The `wordpress` derivation no longer contains any builtin plugins or themes; these can be found in `wordpressPackages.{plugins,themes}`, respectively.
+
 - `llvmPackages_rocm.llvm` will not contain `clang` or `compiler-rt`. `llvmPackages_rocm.clang` will not contain `llvm`. `llvmPackages_rocm.clangNoCompilerRt` has been removed in favor of using `llvmPackages_rocm.clang-unwrapped`.
 
 - The EC2 image module previously detected and automatically mounted ext3-formatted instance store devices and partitions in stage-1 (initramfs), storing `/tmp` on the first discovered device. This behaviour, which only catered to very specific use cases and could not be disabled, has been removed. Users relying on this should provide their own implementation, and probably use ext4 and perform the mount in stage-2.
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/generic.nix b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/generic.nix
index e15640c88281..d2d97dab35d9 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/generic.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/web-apps/wordpress/generic.nix
@@ -12,6 +12,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installPhase = ''
     runHook preInstall
 
+    # remove non-essential plugins and themes
+    rm -r wp-content/{plugins,themes}
+    mkdir wp-content/plugins
+    cat << EOF > wp-content/plugins/index.php
+    <?php
+    // Silence is golden.
+    EOF
+    cp -a wp-content/{plugins,themes}
+
     mkdir -p $out/share/wordpress
     cp -r . $out/share/wordpress