Disable All WordPress Updates

Disable All WordPress Updates

Disables the theme, plugin and core update checking, the related cronjobs, plugin/theme update health checks and notification system.
Rating:
4.7
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Active Installations:
20000+
Last Updated:
Dec 18, 2024
WordPress Version:
3.8 or higher
Tested up to:
6.7.99

Disable Update Checks

Prevents WordPress from checking for updates and displaying notifications.

Ensure Security & Performance

Keeping WordPress updated protects against security vulnerabilities and performance issues.

Easy Activation & Deactivation

Simply activate or deactivate the plugin to update your WordPress version, plugins, and themes.

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1.8.0

  • WordPress 6.7 compatibility

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 wordpress.org API checks (thanks luizkill!)

1.6.6

  • WordPress 5.3 compatibility

1.6.5

  • Improved WordPress HTTP API level blocking of outgoing wordpress.org 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 wordpress.org API checks

1.4.3

  • Improved blocking of outgoing wordpress.org 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

Really speeds up the dashboard

By doublecleanse on January 29, 2025

My developer recommended installing this to help with dashboard speed since we use some 3rd party plugins. It has really helped, thanks!

An awesome plugin that I've used for years!

By pinkish1 on December 13, 2024

First of all, I'm sorry it took so long to give a review for this wonderful plugin. I've used it for years, it's always worked perfectly and still does.

But if the author sees this message, I have a suggestion: please update the plugin from time to time - it doesn't have to be a major update, just a minor version change. I'm saying this because I noticed that, over the years, your plugin went lower in the priority list when installing it from within WP. A few years ago, I could search for "disable updates" and your plugin would be in the first row of results. Now, I search for its exact name, "disable all wordpress updates", and your plugin is the 15-20th result. I think this happens because WP sees that it's not been updated - although it works perfectly with the latest version of WP.

A saviour when your host is blocked by wordpress.org...

By jonjennings on 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

By mariohandsome on August 15, 2024

Great plugin

on my mu-plugin-list

By hardyzbest on 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

By maxim23 on November 10, 2023

Спасибо

best just i can say best

By rezapch on July 28, 2023

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

Simple and efficient

By cvladan on 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.

Very site should use this with a separate MainWP instance for updates 🥰

By marcusquinn (surferking) on June 15, 2023

Thank you for your service to speed and sanity Oliver! 🙏

This instantly solve a large amount of unnecessary Admin speed issues. ⚡️

  1. Just try it for a few minutes, and compare your Admin speed before and after activating!
  2. Set yourself up a separate Wordpress instance with the free MainWP plugin, and use that for managing all your site updates automatically, manually, or a mix from there instead.

I've been working with Wordpress for about 15 years. This is the way. 💪

The real deal

By jaywalker999 on November 4, 2022

Speeds up the admin pages. Goes to show how poorly optimized the default update checking is. Not to mention the irritating notices some plugin authors nag us with at the top of screen that can't be removed. Those notices are the reason I installed this plugin.
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