Function/hook to hide this column for all user except a certain one?

Update: looks like this should do the trick, but let me know if you notice anything wrong with it:
https://gist.github.com/Garconis/d308efccf02e7376c59eecabb922970b

Hi Jon,

What you have will get you almost there. However, it won’t hide the notes from unauthorized users on this page: /wp-admin/update-core.php. On that page, it renders a partial list of plugins that have updates available. Because there was no hook in WP core that would allow me to add an extra column on that page, I resorted to a JS solution. (You can see the commit where I added that feature here.)

What I can do is add a filter to the plugin that will check whether to hide notes on the updates page. I did a quick test, and it should be pretty straightforward. Will that work for you?

I think that’d be great if you could add that. Thanks!

Hi Jon,

I just released the update (v 1.2.6) that includes a hook so that you can specify which users can see plugin notes. The single hook plugin-notes-plus_hide_notes will control whether notes are visible on the main plugin page and the plugin updates page (/wp-admin/update-core.php). You can see a usage example in the plugin FAQs.

Thanks for your patience with this!

Jamie

Hey @jamiebergen … I’m just now getting around to testing this out. To test it with barebones code, I’ve implemented this function:

function pnp_hide_notes( $hide_notes ) {
  
  	$hide_notes === true;

	return $hide_notes;

}
add_filter( 'plugin-notes-plus_hide_notes', 'pnp_hide_notes' );

But the Notes are still showing up. Any tips?

Edit:

Looks like I have to set it to be

$hide_notes = false;

With only a single equal sign. Does that sound right?

Yes, the single equal sign should do it.