diff --git a/phpstan.neon b/phpstan.neon
index 38b21e45d..6253ddc11 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon
+++ b/phpstan.neon
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ parameters:
           path: pinc/DifferenceEngineWrapper.inc
         - message: '#Call to function is_array\(\) with array<string> will always evaluate to true.#'
           path: pinc/3rdparty/mediawiki/WordLevelDiff.php
+        - message: '#Function get_dpl_enforcement_for_user\(\) never returns null.*#'
+          path: pinc/daily_page_limit.inc
 
         - message: '#invoked with \d+ parameter(s?), \d+((-\d+)?) required#'
         - message: '#Variable .* might not be defined#'
diff --git a/pinc/LPage.inc b/pinc/LPage.inc
index 47f8c9afd..28a48bfe8 100644
--- a/pinc/LPage.inc
+++ b/pinc/LPage.inc
@@ -399,8 +399,8 @@ class LPage
     public function attemptSaveAsDone(string $text_data, string $pguser): array
     {
         if ($this->round->has_a_daily_page_limit()) {
-            $pre_save_dpl_count = get_dpl_count_for_user_in_round($pguser, $this->round);
-            if ($pre_save_dpl_count >= $this->round->daily_page_limit) {
+            $pre_save_dpl_count = get_dpl_enforcement_for_user($pguser, $this->round, $this->project);
+            if ($pre_save_dpl_count !== null && $pre_save_dpl_count >= $this->round->daily_page_limit) {
                 // The user has already reached their limit of this kind of page.
                 return [false, true];
             }
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ class LPage
         $dpl_has_now_been_reached = (
             $this->round->has_a_daily_page_limit()
             &&
+            $pre_save_dpl_count !== null
+            &&
             ($pre_save_dpl_count + 1 >= $this->round->daily_page_limit)
         );
         return [true, $dpl_has_now_been_reached];
diff --git a/pinc/daily_page_limit.inc b/pinc/daily_page_limit.inc
index 6766cc8c3..04b011e62 100644
--- a/pinc/daily_page_limit.inc
+++ b/pinc/daily_page_limit.inc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ include_once($relPath.'TallyBoard.inc');
  * page-tally for that round since the last snapshot.
  * (i.e., the net number of save-as-dones in that round today.)
  */
-function get_dpl_count_for_user_in_round($username, $round)
+function get_dpl_count_for_user_in_round(string $username, Round $round): int
 {
     $user = new User($username);
 
@@ -39,3 +39,19 @@ function get_dpl_count_for_user_in_round($username, $round)
 
     return $round_tallyboard->get_delta_since_latest_snapshot($user->u_id);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Get the current daily page limit enforcement value
+ *
+ * If the DPL is enforced for this user, it returns the number of pages
+ * the user has done in the specified round. If the DPL is not enforced
+ * for this user/round/project for some reason, return Null.
+ */
+function get_dpl_enforcement_for_user(string $username, Round $round, Project $project): ?int
+{
+    // This function is a placeholder for sites to add any per-project
+    // customizations that might bypass the DPL enforcement. So while it
+    // doesn't currently return null, it might after site-specific updates.
+
+    return get_dpl_count_for_user_in_round($username, $round);
+}
diff --git a/project.php b/project.php
index 843f224ba..48875da2e 100644
--- a/project.php
+++ b/project.php
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 include_once($relPath.'project_edit.inc'); // check_user_can_load_projects
 include_once($relPath.'forum_interface.inc'); // get_last_post_time_in_topic & get_url_*()
 include_once($relPath.'faq.inc');
-include_once($relPath.'daily_page_limit.inc'); // get_dpl_count_for_user_in_round
+include_once($relPath.'daily_page_limit.inc'); // get_dpl_enforcement_for_user
 include_once($relPath.'special_colors.inc'); // load_special_days
 
 // This page originally allowed unauthenticated users and showed them a limited
@@ -264,8 +264,11 @@ function decide_blurbs(): array
     //
     $page_limit_warning = "";
     if ($round->has_a_daily_page_limit()) {
-        $user_dpl_count = get_dpl_count_for_user_in_round($pguser, $round);
-        if ($user_dpl_count >= $round->daily_page_limit) {
+        $user_dpl_count = get_dpl_enforcement_for_user($pguser, $round, $project);
+        if ($user_dpl_count === null) {
+            $msg = _('This project is currently exempt from the daily page limit.');
+            $page_limit_warning = "<br>\n<span class='warning'>$msg</span>\n";
+        } elseif ($user_dpl_count >= $round->daily_page_limit) {
             // User has reached this round's DPL.
             $msg = sprintf(
                 _('%1$s limits you to %2$d page-saves per day, and you have already reached that limit today.'),