Disables the WordPress update checking and notification system for all core, plugin and theme updates.
This plugin disables all WordPress updates (core, plugins and themes). This can be useful if you have multiple environments such as a live and staging server and you don’t want your users to use the update functionality.
This plugin not only disables the update mechanism for the core, plugins and themes, but it also removes the update menu item from the left navigation menu in the admin dashboard.
wp-content/plugins/
directory.No, keeping WordPress up-to-date is very important for security reasons. You should only disable WordPress updates if you keep your system up to date using another mechanism such as a staging server or svn.
Yes, please use the support forum to report any issues you may have. You can submit code suggestions in the GitHub repository.
WP 6.6 compatibility tested
WP 6.5 compatibility tested
WP 6.4 compatibility tested
Using add_filter ( 'pre_site_transient_update_core', '__return_null' );
slowed down the admin dashboard because it invalidated the transient. Added du_last_checked
function to fake last update check which tricks WordPress into thinking the check has happened and nothing needs to be updated.
Changed minimum WordPress version to 4.6
Corrected translation filenames
Disable update health check
Added translation support
WordPress 6.3 compatibility tested
WordPress 5.8 compatibility tested
PHP 7.2 compatibility update
Added automatic_updater_disabled
filter
Initial release