Adam Ainsworth

Sometimes newer isn’t always better.
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.
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.
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.
Until now!
IMPORTANT – 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.
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!

Newer Not Better

Prevents selected plugins bugging you about updates

Alex Cooper

Updates to Slack is a WordPress plugin that informs of Core, Plugin and Theme updates, that are required on your WordPress installation, to one or more Slack channels. It does so on a daily, weekly or monthly schedule at a time of your choosing.
<h4>Special Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Multiple Slack Channels: Allows you to send notifications to one or more Slack channels, using <a href="https://api.slack.com/block-kit" rel="nofollow ugc">Slack’s Block Kit</a></li>
<li>Scheduled Updates: Alerts are triggered at a time you set, on either daily, weekly or monthly intervals</li>
<li>Test Option: Check that your alerts are being sent without waiting on the schedule</li>
<li>Ignore Plugins and Themes: Choose which individual plugins and themes you don’t want to know about, when an update is available</li>
<li>Content Permissions: Gives you control over which users (by role) have access to post content.</li>
<li>Secure: <a href="https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/help/articles/115005265063-Incoming-webhooks-for-Slack" rel="nofollow ugc">Slack webhooks</a> are sent from your WordPress site, on a secure URL to your Slack channel(s)</li>
<li>Reporting: See when a notification was last triggered and what the result was</li>
</ul>
<h4>Support</h4>
If you require support from me, the plugin author, you are welcome to contact me directly and place a request.
<h4>Feedback</h4>
If there is further functionality that would bring additional value to this plugin, please let me know.
<h3>Copyright and License</h3>
This project is licensed under the GNU GPL, version 2 or later. 2020 – 2023 © <a href="https://www.alexpcooper.co.uk" rel="nofollow ugc">Alex Cooper</a>.

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