Core Essentials

<p>Easy Updates Menu is a lightweight plugin that enhances your WordPress admin interface by adding a convenient “Updates” submenu item under the Plugins menu. This submenu only appears when there are plugin updates available, making it easier to quickly access and manage pending updates.</p>
<p>We’ve all dealt with slow servers and clunky setups when running maintenance on sites. How frustrating is it to log in to the dashboard, click on ‘Installed Plugins’, then click ‘Updates’? It eats up precious time. With Easy Updates Menu, you can simply log in to the dashboard, click “Updates,” and start updating without the hassle.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Adds a dynamic submenu item: Plugins <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Updates</li>
<li>Shows the number of available updates in the menu</li>
<li>Only visible when plugin updates are available</li>
<li>Direct access to the updates view</li>
<li>Respects WordPress user capabilities</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<p>The plugin automatically checks for available plugin updates and adds a submenu item when updates are found. Clicking the submenu takes you directly to the plugins update screen, streamlining your update workflow.</p>
<h4>User Permissions</h4>
<p>The submenu is only visible to users with the ‘update_plugins’ capability, maintaining proper WordPress security practices.</p>


Easy Updates Menu

Adds a dynamic 'Updates' submenu item under the Plugins menu when updates are available.

Johan van der Wijk

<p>This plugin disables all WordPress updates (core, plugins and themes). This can be useful if you have multiple environments such as a live and staging server and you don’t want your users to use the update functionality.</p>
<p>This plugin not only disables the update mechanism for the core, plugins and themes, but it also removes the update menu item from the left navigation menu in the admin dashboard.</p>


Disable Updates for WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes

Disables the WordPress update checking and notification system for all core, plugin and theme updates.

Easy Updates Menu vs Disable Updates for WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes