Hide ALL Update Notifications (Plugins + Themes + Core)

Shared by Nilesh Vastarpara · April 30, 2026

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Hides all WordPress update notifications (core, plugins, and themes) from the dashboard. Useful for client sites to keep the admin clean while updates are managed manually by the developer.

add_filter('pre_site_transient_update_core', '__return_null');
add_filter('pre_site_transient_update_plugins', '__return_null');
add_filter('pre_site_transient_update_themes', '__return_null');

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Hide ALL Update Notifications (Plugins + Themes + Core)

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