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' );

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' );

+1

Thanks!

Thank you very much!!