WeakAuras is a fundamental addon for many players. Yet it has the potential to be intrusive, for example in a situation where one is studying the behavior of another addon in isolation. Example: Visual elements from WA may stand in front of other UI elements from other addons. I had this issue today with Details.

At the moment, the only way I'm aware to temporarily disable WA is to fully unload the addon, which is time-consuming, annoying, and prone to error given the complexity of the addon menu.

I propose a simple command-line switch: "/wa off" will disable WA, and "/wa on" will enable it again. This can be fast, and simple, and allow for better interaction with other addons.

Come on, turning off a single addon isn't that hard.

And there is already a function to pause weakauras explained on minimap tooltip

Minimap tooltips are a mess; clutter is inevitable for anyone using a nontrivial number of addons. Basic command-line support is robust and easy to understand. "It isn't that hard" is ableist nonsense. WA is probably my favorite piece of software in the whole world and I think you should reconsider adding simple features like this to increase accessibility.

I agree with buds, there's no good reason to add this. Nor are you doing yourself any favors by that opinion as "ableist".