Disable WordPress 2.3 Core and Plugins Update Check and Notification
WordPress 2.3 has added a new feature which automatically check if any update is available for the plugins installed and used in the WordPress blog. The feature also check for updates of WordPress core. WordPress 2.3 does not include an option in preference to disable core and/or plugin update checking. It’s easy to implement, and likely to be added in the next WordPress release. However, if you need to disable update checks for WordPress core and installed plugins now, there are plugins that allow you to do so.
You may want to disable WordPress core and plugins updates check for privacy concern, as each check will send over the installed plug-ins and the versions info on your blog over to WordPress server. However, it’s a minor issue. Most likely you will want to disable the automatic update check and notifications if you want too many blogs that is on the same version and use the same plugins, thus no need the feature to active in all blogs. Beside, it’s also possible that you purposely stay on the older WordPress version, and use an older plugin for compatibility and doesn’t want them to be upgraded.
Description of Disable WordPress Core Update Plugin:
Completely disables the core update checking system which is a new feature in WordPress 2.3. The plugin prevents WordPress from checking for updates, and prevents any notifications from being displayed in the admin area. Ideal for administrators of multiple WordPress installations.
Download Disable WordPress Core Update plugin from WordPress.org.
Completely disables the plugin update checking system which is a new feature in WordPress 2.3. The plugin prevents WordPress from checking for updates, and prevents any notifications from being displayed on the Plugins page. It will also suppress any notifications on plugins that have been marked as ‘update’ flag. Ideal for administrators of multiple WordPress installations.
Download Disable WordPress Plugin Updates plugin from WordPress.org.
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December 9th, 2008 04:20
I agree completely. I had a client freaking out because they had a “red bubble on my plugins” and they didn’t know what to do. This plugin was perfect.. I also got the “no-updates-nag” plugin to disable the wp upgrade notification… it saves a lot of time explaining all of that to clients.
August 16th, 2008 02:13
Seeing the Wordpress needs updated message is not something a client really needs to see, as they can’t update their wordpress normally anyways. I think it could be very handy to remove the stuff that gets in the way sometimes.
November 6th, 2007 23:17
Why would anyone want to do that? :~