Disable Updates for WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes
Disables the WordPress update checking and notification system for all core, plugin and theme updates.
Disable Updates for WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes ranks #2,168 among WordPress.org plugins with 9,000+ active installations, a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews, and was last updated Sep 21, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
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- Version
- 1.4.4
- Last Updated
- Sep 21, 2026
- Requires WP
- 4.6+
- Tested Up To
- 7.1
- PHP Version
- 5.6 or higher
- Author
- Johan van der Wijk
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- Rating
- ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5
- Reviews
- 4
- Support Threads
- 0
- Resolved
- 0%
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TL;DR
AI summary of the plugin's readmeThis plugin is for administrators managing multiple environments, such as live and staging servers, who don't want end users triggering updates. It solves this by disabling WordPress core, plugin, and theme update checks and notifications, and hiding the update menu from the admin dashboard.
- Disables core update checks
- Disables plugin update checks
- Disables theme update checks
- Removes update notifications
- Removes update menu item
- Supports multi-environment setups
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