Adam Ainsworth

<p>Sometimes newer isn’t always better.</p>
<p>You won’t always want to update a given plugin. Perhaps the design has been changed, or a bug has been introduced. Maybe it has been taken over by someone new and they’ve added loads of obnoxious ads or other sneaky monetisation methods. Or perhaps you just like it the way it is.</p>
<p>However, WP keeps telling you there’s a new version available, and lists it along with other plugins which you may actually want to update.</p>
<p>What happens if you accidentally update? At best, it’s a tedious downgrade process, at worst it may completely mess up the data that the plugin was using. In any case, it’s a pain and there’s no ignore update function in WP.</p>
<p><em>Until now!</em></p>
<p><strong>IMPORTANT</strong> – You should only leave a plugin updated if you know what you are doing, familiar with the risks and willing to accept the consequences should an unpatched vulnerability be exploited on your site.</p>
<p><strong>The plugin author cannot be held responsible for any loss or damages that occur as a result of using this plugin to disregard software updates!</strong></p>


Newer Not Better

Prevents selected plugins bugging you about updates

Nahid Ferdous Mohit

<p>Make sure your theme and plugins are tested before updating WordPress.</p>
<h3>Backstory</h3>
<p>Recently, WordPress 5.3 came out which included quite a good number of outstanding improvements. I was excited and updated few of my installations only to find out that some of them ran into fatal errors.  Upon investigation, I discovered some plugins which were conflicting simply because they were not tested and incompatible with the update. I wondered, only if there was a plugin which could warn me about plugins or themes that might have not been tested, just before I tried to run updates.</p>
<p>Thus, I decided to build <strong><em>Safe Updates</em></strong>, a small nifty WordPress plugin which lets you know if there are any plugin or theme on your installation that might have not been tested with the target WordPress version before you try to update.</p>
<h3>Use Cases</h3>
<p>The use case of this plugin is very straight-forward. It just gives you an idea about untested plugins or themes that may be untested with the updated WordPress versions and helps you be cautious for conflicts and errors.</p>
<h3>Core Features</h3>
<p>The core features of this plugin include:</p>
<ol>
<li>Display active plugin(s) that might have not been tested with the target WordPress version.</li>
<li>Show if the current theme has not been tested with the target WordPress version.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Notes</h3>
<p>Some notes to consider while using this plugin:</p>
<ol>
<li>The interface only shows up when a core update is available.</li>
<li>A plugin/theme author might choose <strong>not to</strong> disclose the WordPress version up to which it might have been tested up to. In such a case, a plugin/theme might still be incompatible with the targetted update, but <strong><em>Safe Updates</em></strong> might not show it if its author didn’t disclose its tested up to version.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Installation</h3>
<p>Installation of the <strong>Safe Updates</strong> plugin is very simple. Follow along with the installation procedure in the dedicated <a href="#installation" rel="nofollow ugc"><strong>Installation</strong> tab</a>.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ol>
<li><a href="#installation" rel="nofollow ugc">Install</a> and activate the plugin</li>
<li>Go to <em>WP Admin <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Dashboard <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Updates</em>.</li>
<li>If a WordPress update is available, this plugin will add an interface above the <strong>“Update”</strong> button which shows if any of your theme or plugins have not been tested with the target WordPress version.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>If the above usage steps don’t answer your question(s), if you want to report an issue or if something is not working as expected, please create a topic in the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/safe-updates/" rel="ugc">Support Forum</a> or <a href="https://github.com/nfmohit/safe-updates/issues/new/choose" rel="nofollow ugc">create an issue on GitHub</a>.</p>
<h3>Contribute</h3>
<p>If you want to contribute to the plugin by reporting issues, implementing new features and so on, <a href="https://github.com/nfmohit/safe-updates" rel="nofollow ugc">here’s its development repository on Github</a>.</p>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<p>The interface design of this plugin is heavily inspired by the <a href="https://github.com/wpmudev/shared-ui" rel="nofollow ugc">Shared UI</a> from <a href="https://premium.wpmudev.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">WPMU DEV</a> (Yes, you got that right! I currently work there, we’re a wonderful company and <a href="https://incsub.com/careers/" rel="nofollow ugc">we’re hiring</a>!)</p>
<h3>Sponsor</h3>
<p>You can sponsor this project and support my open-source development by <a href="https://www.patreon.com/nfmohit" rel="nofollow ugc">becoming a Patron</a>!</p>


Safe Updates

Make sure your theme and plugins are tested before updating WordPress.

Newer Not Better vs Safe Updates