Samarjit Kashyp

<p>SK Notice Hider is a professional WordPress plugin that allows you to control and manage various types of notifications in your WordPress dashboard. Clean up your admin area by hiding unnecessary notices and emails while preserving critical security alerts. Now with enhanced WordPress core update control to prevent site breakage from major updates.</p>
<h4>Why Use SK Notice Hider?</h4>
<p><strong>Problem:</strong> WordPress major updates can sometimes break your site’s functionality, plugins, or themes. You want to prevent this while still keeping your site secure with minor security updates.</p>
<p><strong>Solution:</strong> SK Notice Hider gives you complete control over WordPress automatic updates:<br />
– Allow only minor/security updates (recommended)<br />
– Disable all automatic updates (development use only)<br />
– Hide annoying update notifications and emails<br />
– Control plugin and theme auto-updates individually<br />
– Hide all notices (with warnings)<br />
– Keep your dashboard clean and focused</p>
<h4>New in Version 1.0.6</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Enhanced Control:</strong> Individual plugin and theme auto-update settings</li>
<li><strong>New Feature:</strong> “Hide All Notices” option with warnings</li>
<li><strong>Improved UI:</strong> Better organized settings interface</li>
<li><strong>Bug Fixes:</strong> Fixed update constant conflicts</li>
<li><strong>Performance:</strong> Optimized code for better performance</li>
<li><strong>Compatibility:</strong> Tested with WordPress 6.5</li>
</ul>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>Update Control Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Disable all WordPress core automatic updates (major and minor)</li>
<li>Allow only minor/security updates (recommended – pre-selected)</li>
<li>Control plugin auto-updates individually</li>
<li>Control theme auto-updates individually</li>
<li>Visual update status indicators in dashboard</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>Notification Hiding Features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Hide update notification emails for plugins, themes, and core</li>
<li>Hide admin notices and warnings from dashboard</li>
<li>Hide plugin update and activation notices</li>
<li>Hide theme update and activation notices</li>
<li>Hide all notices (with security warnings)</li>
<li>Preserve critical security and error notices (optional)</li>
</ul>
</li>
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<p><strong>User Experience:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Easy-to-use settings interface with sidebar layout</li>
<li>Confirmation dialogs for critical actions</li>
<li>Visual feedback for active settings</li>
<li>Responsive design for all devices</li>
<li>Fully compatible with WordPress 5.8+</li>
<li>Translation ready</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li><strong>Notification Control:</strong> Uses CSS to hide visual notices while keeping WordPress core functionality intact</li>
<li><strong>Update Control:</strong> Uses WordPress constants (<code>WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE</code>) to control automatic updates</li>
<li><strong>Email Control:</strong> Uses WordPress filters to disable update notification emails</li>
<li><strong>Security First:</strong> Always preserves critical security notices and warnings (unless explicitly disabled)</li>
</ol>
<h4>Use Cases</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Website Developers:</strong> Prevent client sites from breaking due to major WordPress updates</li>
<li><strong>Agency Owners:</strong> Control updates across multiple client websites</li>
<li><strong>Bloggers & Content Creators:</strong> Reduce dashboard clutter and focus on content</li>
<li><strong>E-commerce Sites:</strong> Prevent downtime from incompatible updates</li>
<li><strong>Multisite Networks:</strong> Centralized update control across all sites</li>
<li><strong>Testing Environments:</strong> Disable all updates for development sites</li>
</ul>
<h3>Roadmap</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<p><strong>Planned for 1.1.0:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Per-user notification settings</li>
<li>Scheduled notification hiding</li>
<li>Export/import settings</li>
<li>Bulk site management for agencies</li>
<li>Advanced update scheduling</li>
</ul>
</li>
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<p><strong>Planned for 1.2.0:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Notification whitelist/blacklist</li>
<li>Custom CSS for notice hiding</li>
<li>Integration with popular page builders</li>
<li>Performance analytics dashboard</li>
</ul>
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<p><strong>Planned for 2.0.0:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>AI-powered notification filtering</li>
<li>Predictive update compatibility checks</li>
<li>Multisite network-wide controls</li>
<li>REST API for remote management</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>For support, feature requests, or bug reports:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>WordPress.org Support Forum:</strong> Visit the plugin support page</li>
<li><strong>Email Support:</strong> jitsamar541@gmail.com</li>
<li><strong>GitHub Issues:</strong> Report bugs on GitHub repository</li>
<li><strong>Documentation:</strong> Complete documentation available on plugin website</li>
</ol>
<h3>Contributing</h3>
<p>We welcome contributions! Here’s how you can help:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Report Bugs:</strong> Use the issue tracker on GitHub</li>
<li><strong>Suggest Features:</strong> Submit feature requests</li>
<li><strong>Translate:</strong> Help translate the plugin to your language</li>
<li><strong>Code Contributions:</strong> Fork the repository and submit pull requests</li>
<li><strong>Spread the Word:</strong> Review the plugin on WordPress.org</li>
</ol>
<h3>Development</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>GitHub Repository:</strong> https://github.com/samarjitkashyps/sk-notice-hider</li>
<li><strong>Main Developer:</strong> Samarjit Kashyap</li>
<li><strong>License:</strong> GPL v2 or later</li>
<li><strong>Minimum PHP:</strong> 7.4</li>
<li><strong>Minimum WordPress:</strong> 5.8</li>
<li><strong>Tested up to:</strong> WordPress 6.5</li>
</ul>
<h3>Credits</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Developer:</strong> Samarjit Kashyap</li>
<li><strong>Contributors:</strong> Open source community</li>
<li><strong>Testers:</strong> Beta testing volunteers</li>
<li><strong>Translators:</strong> International translation team</li>
<li><strong>WordPress Community:</strong> For continuous inspiration and support</li>
</ul>
<h3>License</h3>
<p>SK Notice Hider is released under the GPL v2 or later license. This means you can use, modify, and distribute the plugin freely as long as you follow the GPL license terms.</p>
<h3>Privacy</h3>
<p>SK Notice Hider does not:<br />
* Collect any personal user data<br />
* Send data to external servers<br />
* Track user activity<br />
* Store any analytics</p>
<p>The plugin only stores your settings in your WordPress database and does not communicate with any external services.</p>
<h3>Compatibility</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>WordPress:</strong> 5.8 to 6.5+</li>
<li><strong>PHP:</strong> 7.4 to 8.3+</li>
<li><strong>Browsers:</strong> Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge (latest versions)</li>
<li><strong>Themes:</strong> All WordPress themes</li>
<li><strong>Plugins:</strong> Compatible with most WordPress plugins</li>
<li><strong>Multisite:</strong> Fully supported</li>
<li><strong>WooCommerce:</strong> Compatible</li>
<li><strong>Page Builders:</strong> Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder, etc.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Donate</h3>
<p>If you find this plugin useful, consider donating to support continued development:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Donate via PayPal:</strong> https://digihiveassam.com/donate</li>
<li><strong>Buy me a coffee:</strong> Support on Ko-fi</li>
<li><strong>Sponsor on GitHub:</strong> Monthly sponsorship options</li>
</ul>
<p>Your support helps maintain and improve SK Notice Hider for everyone!</p>


SK Notice Hider

Control WordPress notifications and automatic updates. Hide admin notices, update emails, and manage core updates.

Rocketa

<p>PatchOn is a solution for safely updating the plugins, themes, and core of your WordPress site. Before applying an update to production, it reproduces your site’s configuration in a staging environment, applies the update there, and runs a screenshot comparison (Visual Regression Test) to check for any problems. This plugin acts as the connector between your WordPress site and PatchOn.</p>
<p><strong>This plugin requires the PatchOn service (<a href="https://patchon.jp/" rel="nofollow ugc">patchon.jp</a>) and does not function on its own.</strong> No account is required to get started. Immediately after activation it performs no external communication, and a consent screen is shown in the admin area. Outbound communication with PatchOn begins only after the user explicitly clicks the “Agree and Start” button on that consent screen, which registers the site anonymously. A PatchOn account is needed only to view detailed inspection results in the dashboard or to upgrade to a paid plan.</p>
<h4>Main Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Pre-inspection that simulates updates in a staging environment, with results displayed in your dashboard</li>
<li>Backup of site files and database before applying updates</li>
<li>Production rollout of updates that have passed inspection</li>
</ul>
<p>This plugin (the free distribution on WordPress.org) does <strong>not</strong> write to your site files (<code>wp-content</code>, <code>mu-plugins</code>, theme directories, etc.), even when it detects a problem. AI auto-repair, which writes patched code to <code>mu-plugins</code> or the active child theme, is provided by the separately distributed <strong>PatchOn Agent Pro</strong> extension plugin (available to PatchOn Standard / Business plan subscribers).</p>
<h4>Data Sent</h4>
<p>After the user has consented on the consent screen, when they run a “Pre-inspection” or “Apply update” operation, the plugin sends the following data to PatchOn and related external services. See the <a href="https://patchon.jp/privacy-policy" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a> for details.</p>
<ul>
<li>Site URL / WordPress version / PHP version / DB version</li>
<li>List and versions of installed plugins, themes, and MU plugins</li>
<li>Site files prior to update application (child theme / mu-plugins / wp-config.php, used for backup)</li>
<li>Contents of WordPress debug.log (used to detect issues)</li>
<li>Lightweight database dump (only at pre-inspection time; tables and columns containing personal information are excluded)</li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
<p>This plugin depends on the following external services. <strong>No external communication is performed merely by activating the plugin.</strong> Communication starts only after the user explicitly clicks the “Agree and Start” button on the consent screen shown on first use.</p>
<h4>PatchOn API (https://patchon.jp and its subdomains)</h4>
<p>The backend for all inspection, repair, update, and database-dump operations. Two host names are used, both operated by Rocketa Inc. and routed to PatchOn’s infrastructure:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>https://patchon.jp/api/*</code> — site registration, pre-inspection control, apply-update control, billing</li>
<li><code>https://dump.patchon.jp/*</code> — database-dump control endpoints and signed-URL chunk uploads used during pre-inspection (the database dump is excluded from the data sent over <code>patchon.jp/api/*</code>)</li>
</ul>
<p>Provider: Rocketa Inc. (rocketa.co.jp)</p>
<p>When data is sent:</p>
<ul>
<li>On click of the “Agree and Start” consent button (one-time): anonymous site registration and UUID issuance</li>
<li>When the user runs a “Pre-inspection”: list of plugins / themes, debug.log, lightweight database dump</li>
<li>When the user runs an “Apply update”: backup files, application result</li>
</ul>
<p>What is sent: see the “Data Sent” section above</p>
<ul>
<li>Terms of Service: https://patchon.jp/terms</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://patchon.jp/privacy-policy</li>
<li>Subprocessors: https://patchon.jp/subprocessors</li>
</ul>
<h4>AWS S3 (Tokyo region, accessed via PatchOn)</h4>
<p>Storage destination for the pre-update full-site backup (tar.gz). <strong>File uploads are performed only against pre-signed URLs issued by <code>https://patchon.jp/api/*</code> on a per-request basis.</strong> The customer site does not hold any S3 credentials.</p>
<ul>
<li>Provider: Amazon Web Services, Inc.</li>
<li>Endpoint: https://*.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com (pre-signed URLs only)</li>
<li>When data is sent: when the user runs an “Apply update”</li>
<li>What is sent: pre-update site files (tar.gz)</li>
<li>AWS Privacy: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/</li>
</ul>


PatchOn Agent

Connector plugin that securely links your site to the PatchOn AI automated update verification service.

SK Notice Hider vs PatchOn Agent