' . __( 'Review', 'disable-updates' ) . ' | ' . __( 'Donate', 'disable-updates' ) . ' '; } return $links; } add_filter ( 'plugin_row_meta', 'du_plugin_links', 10, 2 ); // remove cron events for core, themes and plugins function filter_cron_events ( $event ) { $ignore = array ( 'wp_version_check', 'wp_update_plugins', 'wp_update_themes', 'wp_maybe_auto_update', ); if ( in_array ( $event -> hook, $ignore ) ) { return false; } return $event; } add_action ( 'schedule_event', 'filter_cron_events' ); // hide all upgrade notices function du_hide_admin_notices () { remove_action ( 'admin_notices', 'update_nag', 3 ); } add_action ( 'admin_menu', 'du_hide_admin_notices' ); // remove the 'Updates' menu item from the admin interface function du_remove_menus () { global $submenu; remove_submenu_page ( 'index.php', 'update-core.php' ); } add_action ( 'admin_menu', 'du_remove_menus', 102 ); // disable core, theme and plugin updates function du_disable_updates () { remove_action ( 'load-update-core.php', 'wp_update_core' ); remove_action ( 'load-update-core.php', 'wp_update_themes' ); remove_action ( 'load-update-core.php', 'wp_update_plugins' ); } add_action ( 'init', 'du_disable_updates', 1 ); // fake last checked time (using __return_null makes the dashboard slow) function du_last_checked () { global $wp_version; return ( object ) array ( 'last_checked' => time (), 'version_checked' => $wp_version, 'updates' => array () ); } add_filter ( 'pre_site_transient_update_core', 'du_last_checked' ); add_filter ( 'pre_site_transient_update_plugins', 'du_last_checked' ) ; add_filter ( 'pre_site_transient_update_themes', 'du_last_checked' ); // disable automatic updates add_filter ( 'automatic_updater_disabled', '__return_true' ); // disable update health check add_filter ( 'site_status_tests', function ( $tests ) { unset ( $tests['async']['background_updates'] ); unset ( $tests['direct']['plugin_theme_auto_updates'] ); return $tests; });