Latest version: 1.4 – Released January 28th, 2010

All the information for this plugin can be found over at the WordPress Plugin Directory: Disable WordPress Plugin Updates.

Don’t forget you can also disable WordPress core updates too.

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14 Comments

  1. John Blackbourn Says:
    July 26th, 2008 at 4:02 pm

    Version 1.1 released.

  2. baron Says:
    July 26th, 2008 at 5:52 pm

    hi. Thanks for plugin

    perfect.

    Regards

  3. Jacob Says:
    November 21st, 2008 at 9:04 pm

    How does Wordpress know when a particular plugin needs updating? Does this only work with plugins registered in the official plugin directory?

  4. John Blackbourn Says:
    November 22nd, 2008 at 5:19 am

    WordPress compares a number of attributes of the plugin, such as the title, the author, the plugin URL, and the filename with the plugins hosted on the official WordPress Plugin Directory. Once it has decided that the plugin is one hosted in the directory then it compares the version numbers to see if a newer version is out.

    Yes it only works with the official WordPress Plugin Directory.

  5. WPCult Says:
    February 4th, 2009 at 1:53 am

    Nice plugin, very good for the OCD!!

  6. Randy Says:
    June 15th, 2009 at 5:57 pm

    It appears this plugin is not working with 2.8. Any plans for a fix?

  7. John Blackbourn Says:
    June 15th, 2009 at 8:25 pm

    Hi Randy, I’ll look into it this week.

  8. John Blackbourn Says:
    June 21st, 2009 at 3:14 am

    Version 1.3 out which adds support for WordPress 2.8.

  9. Doug Says:
    July 18th, 2009 at 3:45 am

    i would highly recommend this and the core update plugins. There is absolurely no reason why queries outside of the local domain need to be made every time a page is opened. This is just unnecessary traffic and in many case greatly slows loading times. You should be able to query for updates not have then shoved down your throat at every move.

  10. Nick Says:
    December 4th, 2009 at 5:28 pm

    Hi John

    Great plugin thanks!

    Can I make a suggestion for 1.4? How about allowing the admin to disable updates to only certain plugins, not just all of them?

    Thanks

    Nick :)

  11. John Blackbourn Says:
    December 4th, 2009 at 6:56 pm

    Thanks for the feedback Nick. That’s a good idea but to be honest with you it’s unlikely I’ll be implementing that as it will require considerably more than the handful of lines of code in the plugin currently.

    If you want to prevent update notifications showing for certain plugins, you can always edit the plugin and change its version number to ‘999′ (don’t forget to make a note of the actual version in case you need to know it).

  12. Nick Says:
    December 4th, 2009 at 7:20 pm

    Hi John

    Thanks for the reply.

    The only reason I wanted to be able to disable updates for certain plugins anyway, was because I’ve heavily customized a couple of them for clients and I didn’t want them to inadvertently overwrite them.

    I’ll use the “Version # 999″ trick instead.

    Elegant and simple – that works for me!

    Cheers and thanks again

    Nick :)

  13. Giovanni Says:
    January 14th, 2010 at 1:55 pm

    Ah, that 999 trick is a nifty one, thanks for that piece of information. I use one customized plugin and while the update-notion isn’t that irritating I’m glad to get rid of it.

  14. Toronto Wordpress Says:
    February 26th, 2010 at 9:50 pm

    Another great plugin just like Disable WordPress Core Update. Thanks again.

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