Disable All WordPress Updates

Description

This plugin completely disables the theme, plugin and core update checking system in WordPress. The plugin prevents WordPress from
checking for updates including cronjobs, and prevents any notifications from being displayed.

It’s very important that you keep your WordPress theme, core and plugins up to date! If you don’t, your blog or website could
be susceptible to security vulnerabilities or performance issues.

If you use this plugin, make sure you keep yourself up to date with new releases of your active WordPress version, plugins
and themes and update them as new versions are released (simply by deactivating this plugin for a short time).

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Installation

1. Download the plugin and unzip it.
2. Upload the folder disable-wordpress-updates/ to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder.
3. Activate the plugin from your WordPress admin panel.
4. Installation finished.

With activating the plugin all theme, core and plugin update checkings are disabled. If you want to have a quick look if new versions
are existing, simply deactive this plugin for a short time.

FAQ

What can I do to be up to date with new releases of my WordPress version, plugins and themes?

Simply deativate the plugin for a short time. In case new versions are available you see the WordPress notifications.

Reviews

A saviour when your host is blocked by www.ads-software.com…

jonjennings September 26, 2024

As someone caught in the middle of the fireworks between WPEngine and Automattic right now, thank you thank you thank you. This plugin prevents the 2 minute wait on every backend page load whilst the site tries and fails to talk to the plugin/theme/core servers for an update check.

Great plugin

mariohandsome August 15, 2024

Great plugin

on my mu-plugin-list

hardyzbest April 9, 2024

I can confirm that this plugin not only deactivates most notifiaction banners and disables the communication with wordpress but also blocks the communication with the wordpress-update-checker and THIS is a huge plus! Without this regular checking all pages I installed the plugin run way faster, especially when I have Woocommerce active.

Спасибо

maxim23 November 10, 2023

Спасибо

best just i can say best

rezapch July 28, 2023

best just i can say best tnx bro for make this plugin

Simple and efficient

cvladan June 15, 2023

It’s amazing how much faster the admin is with this plugin. It would be nice if the indicator in the admin-bar could be turned off, even through a hook, but whatever – it’s good enough for me like this.

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

1.7.1

• Fixed PHP warnings (thanks TetsuyaXD!)

1.7.0

• Added admin bar notice when plugin is enabled to remember admins that WordPress updates are disabled (thanks zimisun!)

1.6.8

• Disable plugin/theme update site health checks (thanks lucha!)

1.6.7

• Improved WordPress HTTP API level blocking of outgoing www.ads-software.com API checks (thanks luizkill!)

1.6.6

• WordPress 5.3 compatibility

1.6.5

• Improved WordPress HTTP API level blocking of outgoing www.ads-software.com API checks (thanks tiennoub!)

1.6.3

• PHP 7.2 compatibility (Thanks catmaniax!)

1.6.2

• Performance improvements (Thanks again jneto81!)

1.6.1

• Remove ‘update plugins’ option from bulk operations select list (Thanks goruha!)

1.6.0

• Performance improvements (Thanks again jneto81!)

1.5.0

• Performance improvements (Thanks jneto81!)

1.4.9

• Performance improvements (Thanks dominicp!)

1.4.8

• WordPress 4.7 compatibility
• PHP 7 compatibility

1.4.7

• Fixed a PHP notice

1.4.6

• Hide maintenance and update nags

1.4.5

• Check for already defined constants (Thanks Andreas Ek!)

1.4.4

• WordPress HTTP API level blocking of outgoing www.ads-software.com API checks

1.4.3

• Improved blocking of outgoing www.ads-software.com API checks which caused slow speed on local environments (Thanks Makapaka!)

1.4.2

• Update indicator not showing in the front-end toolbar anymore (Thanks flixflix!)

1.4.1

• Fixed an issue that still allowed WordPress to update minor (security and maintenance) versions

1.4.0

• Disable all automatic background updates (thanks sLa NGjI’s)

1.3.1.1

• Fixed a PHP notice on dev environments (thanks dejernet)

1.3.1

• Significant performance improvements when disabling updates (props flynsarmy)

1.3.0.1

• Minor updates

1.3

• New plugin maintainer. Hello. ?? Name’s Oliver.
• Code rewrite and cleanup

1.2

• Name and URL Update (German plugin description updated)

1.1

• URL Update because of permalink changes

1.0

• Initial release