WordPress - Disable specific plugin update check

wp-disable-plugin-update.php

/**
 * Prevent update notification for plugin
 * http://www.thecreativedev.com/disable-updates-for-specific-plugin-in-wordpress/
 * Place in theme functions.php or at bottom of wp-config.php
 */
function disable_plugin_updates( $value ) {
  if ( isset($value) && is_object($value) ) {
    if ( isset( $value->response['plugin-folder/plugin.php'] ) ) {
      unset( $value->response['plugin-folder/plugin.php'] );
    }
  }
  return $value;
}
add_filter( 'site_transient_update_plugins', 'disable_plugin_updates' );

Thank for sharing! Worked well. If I wanted to do this for multiple plugins, what is the best way to handle that?

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@toddcavanaugh I created a fork that will do this for multiple plugins: https://gist.github.com/ebetancourt/89b105d7334495535415799832511938

Very helpful. Thanks!

Plugin to do this for files with version control: https://github.com/cliffordp/tk-exclude-vcs-updates

Great!
Thank you!

Great tip! Thanks dude 👍

A dev from work decided to "extend" a plugin, without telling the whole team about.

So I had to add this hook to avoid oficial plugin updates. Not the ideal approach but it will solve the problem and avoid future problems.

how do we actually use this after placing it in the function.php

how do we actually use this after placing it in the function.php

Only hardcoded use ;)

replace plugin-folder/plugin.php to your plugin ;)

how do we actually use this after placing it in the function.php

Only hardcoded use ;)

replace plugin-folder/plugin.php to your plugin ;)

Thank you so much

how do we actually use this after placing it in the function.php

Only hardcoded use ;)
replace plugin-folder/plugin.php to your plugin ;)

Thank you so much

take a look this fork https://gist.github.com/ebetancourt/89b105d7334495535415799832511938

This for allow you push an array of plugins to disable a bunch of them ;)

how do we actually use this after placing it in the function.php

Only hardcoded use ;)
replace plugin-folder/plugin.php to your plugin ;)

Thank you so much

take a look this fork https://gist.github.com/ebetancourt/89b105d7334495535415799832511938

This for allow you push an array of plugins to disable a bunch of them ;)

To be honest, i saw this link above, and actually went ahead with that! :) this is superb!

Very helpful. Thanks!

https://github.com/afragen/local-development provides this functionality

Works perfectly, thank you!

Thanks very much.
Is there a relatively easy way to have some text display next to plug-ins (for which updates are disabled), indicating they are disabled?

how do we actually use this after placing it in the function.php

Only hardcoded use ;)

replace plugin-folder/plugin.php to your plugin ;)

If my plugin folder is called "myfirstplugin" and has an index.php inside its folder with another file called myfirstplugin.php, which one do I choose for this to work?

work when the plugin is enabled but show the update notification when the plugin is disabled
how to hide the update notifications if the plugin is disabled?

I found the easiest way to disable updates to a specific plugin is go to Plugin Editor, browse to relevant plugin and find the plugin's update php file (search through plugin files for 'update' or 'updater' in the filename). Open file, comment out all the code (/* ...code... */) and save via update file button.

If you want, I made a small modification to build a version blacklist. This version will block the update if the update is to a blacklisted version.

add_filter('site_transient_update_plugins', function($value){
  $pluginVersionsBlacklist = [];
  // format: "folder/file.php" => ["array", "of", "versions"]
  // "contact-form-7/wp-contact-form-7.php" => ["5.4"] // will prevent the update to CF7 v5.4 from showing up
  // "contact-form-7/wp-contact-form-7.php" => []      // will prevent ALL updates to CF7 from showing up
  $pluginVersionsBlacklist["contact-form-7/wp-contact-form-7.php"] = ["5.4"];
  $pluginVersionsBlacklist["cf7-grid-layout/cf7-grid-layout.php"]  = ["4.8.2"];

  // this shouldn't change all that much, so we can keep it around
  static $blacklistedVersionsList;
  if ( $blacklistedVersionsList == null )
    $blacklistedVersionsList = array_keys($pluginVersionsBlacklist);

  // if the update list doesn't match anything we have in the blacklist, we can abort early
  $intersection = array_intersect(array_keys($value->response), $blacklistedVersionsList);
  if ( !sizeof($intersection) )
    return $value;

  if ( isset($value) && is_object($value) )
    // run through the abridged list to check for versions
    foreach($intersection as $pluginID){
      $blacklistedVersions = $pluginVersionsBlacklist[$pluginID];
      if ( sizeof($blacklistedVersions) == 0 || in_array($value->response[$pluginID]->new_version, $blacklistedVersions) )
        unset($value->response[$pluginID]);
    }

  return $value;
});

I thought this was cool. I made a version you can place in the main plugin file with no edits. https://gist.github.com/deanoakley/e05b9a037c5afce473b26b224a62cff5

/**
 * Prevent update notification for plugin - 
 * http://www.thecreativedev.com/disable-updates-for-specific-plugin-in-wordpress/
 * Add to the core plugin file 
 */
function disable_plugin_updates( $value ) {
  if ( isset($value) && is_object($value) ) {
  $plugin_file_name = basename(__DIR__) . '/' . basename(__FILE__);
    if ( isset( $value->response[$plugin_file_name] ) ) {
      unset( $value->response[$plugin_file_name] );
    }
  }
  return $value;
}
add_filter( 'site_transient_update_plugins', 'disable_plugin_updates' );

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Thanks!

Thank you very much!!