Disable update notifications for WordPress themes and plugins

There may come a time where a theme or plugin cannot be updated for some reason or another, while it persistently harasses you in WP Admin.

The following code blocks may be placed in any the these locations:

• Your themes functions.php file
• A WordPress Plugin
• Or my preference, wp-config.php

I prefer the wp-config.php file approach because it’s independent, having no reliance on any theme or plugin.

Disable theme update notifications

function filter_theme_update_notifications ( $value ) {
	if ( isset( $value ) && is_object( $value ) ) {
		unset( $value->response['twentynineteen'] );
		// list more here is needed
    }
    return $value;
}
add_filter( 'site_transient_update_themes', 'filter_theme_update_notifications' );Code language: PHP (php)

Disable plugin update notifications

function filter_plugin_update_notifications( $value ) {
	if ( isset( $value ) && is_object( $value ) ) {
		unset( $value->response['woocommerce/woocommerce.php'] );
		// list more here is needed
    }
    return $value;
}
add_filter( 'site_transient_update_plugins', 'filter_plugin_update_notifications' );Code language: PHP (php)

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I hope this article has helped you remove those pesky WordPress update notifications.