Hide Updates
This plugin hides update notifications for core, plugin, and theme updates in the WordPress admin for all everyone except specified users.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 4
- Active installs
- 5k+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 19 Mar 2024
- Added
- Jun 2017
- Requires WP
- 3.0
- Tested up to
- WP 6.5.10
- Downloads
- 43,817
Our analysis
AI-assistedHide Updates is a WordPress plugin designed to conceal update notifications for core, plugins, and themes within the WordPress admin area. It is particularly useful for developers and agencies that manage updates through Composer or remote management services like ManageWP, allowing them to streamline the admin experience for other users.
The plugin hides various update notices and blocks access to the updates page for users without permission. Developers can also specify which users are allowed to see these notifications, making it a flexible tool for managing site updates effectively.
Best for: This plugin suits developers and agencies managing multiple WordPress sites.
What it does well
- ✓Hides core, plugin, and theme update notifications
- ✓Blocks access to the updates page for certain users
- ✓Allows developers to specify which users can see updates
- ✓Useful for agencies managing updates remotely
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
Where it falls short
- •Intended primarily for developers and agencies
- •Limited information on broader use cases
Verdict
Hide Updates provides a straightforward solution for controlling update visibility in WordPress. It is a practical choice for those who need to manage updates without cluttering the admin interface.
From the developer
Upperdog's own description of Hide Updates, lightly tidied.
This plugin hides update notifications for core, plugin, and theme updates in the WordPress admin. It’s useful for developers and agencies who manage updates through Composer or remote management services like ManageWP, and therefore wants to hide update notices for other users.
Features
- Hides WordPress core update notices.
- Hides plugin update notices.
- Hides theme update notices.
- Hides updates link in admin menu and admin bar.
- Blocks access to the updates page for users who are not allowed to see updates.
- Enables developers to specify which users can see updates.
Worth noting
This plugin is intended for developers and agencies who have good reasons for hiding the updates, for example if they manage updates through Composer or remote management services like ManageWP. This plugin has been tested with ManageWP and ManageWP needs to connect to the site with a user account that is allowed to see updates.
Specify allowed users
By default, the plugin allows the first registered user (the one who installed the site) to see updates. Developers can use the hide_updates_allowed_users filter to specify which users are allowed to see update notifications.
The following example will allow only users with usernames bill and melinda to see updates:
function site_hide_updates_allowed_users() {
$allowed_users = array( 'charlotte', 'bob' );
return $allowed_users;
}
add_filter( 'hide_updates_allowed_users', 'site_hide_updates_allowed_users' );