Disable Frontend in Magento 2

Disable the frontend in Magento 2 for using only the Admin and the API routes.

1 - Installation Disable Frontend

Manual Installation

Install Disable Frontend for Magento2

• Download the extension
• Unzip the file
• Create a folder {Magento root}/app/code/Abelbm/DisableFrontend
• Copy the content from the unzip folder

Using Composer

composer require abelbm/magento2-disablefrontend

2 - Enable Disable Frontend

• php bin/magento module:enable Abelbm_DisableFrontend
• php bin/magento setup:upgrade
• php bin/magento cache:flush
• php bin/magento setup:di:compile

3 - Change the frontend redirect

Stores > Configuration > Advanced > Admin > Disable Frontend