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>
<li>
<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>
<li>
<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>
</li>
<li>
<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.

thingsym

<p>WP Auto Updater plugin enables automatic updates of WordPress Core, Themes, Plugins and Translations. Version control of WordPress Core makes automatic update more safely.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Automatically update WordPress Core</li>
<li>Automatically updates Themes, Plugins and Translations</li>
<li>Set up a schedule automatic updates</li>
<li>Disable automatic updating of each Themes and Plugins</li>
<li>Record update history</li>
<li>Update notification</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Important</strong>: before updating, please back up your database and files.</p>
<p><strong>Note</strong>: WordPress version 5.5 later, The auto-updates have been implemented for the WordPress Core, as well as themes and plugins. If the auto-updates are enabled, the settings for WordPress Core will take priority over WP Auto Updater plugin. This will result in issues such as no updates at all, or not being updated at the scheduled update date and time. To properly control updates, disable all auto-updates include themes and plugins before enable WP Auto Updater plugin. See <a href="https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/plugins-themes-auto-updates/" rel="ugc">Plugin and themes auto-updates</a></p>
<h4>Auto Update Scenario</h4>
<p>First of all, we will make an <strong>Auto Update Scenario</strong> which decide the policy of WordPress automatic updates.</p>
<p>You can choose from the following five automatic updates of WordPress Core.</p>
<ul>
<li>Minor Version Update</li>
<li>Major Version Update</li>
<li>Minor Only Version Update</li>
<li>Previous Generation Version Update</li>
<li>Manual Update</li>
</ul>
<h4>Minor Version Update</h4>
<p><strong>Minor Version Update</strong> enable minor updates. Minor updates is default behavior in WordPress for security updates. The transition of the version number is as follows: update from 4.8 to 4.8.1, 4.8.2 …</p>
<h4>Major Version Update</h4>
<p><strong>Major Version Update</strong> enable major updates. The transition of the version number is as follows: update from 4.7 to 4.8, 4.9 …</p>
<h4>Minor Only Version Update</h4>
<p><strong>Minor Only Version Update</strong> enable major updates and minor updates <strong>except version x.y.0</strong>. It make sense to take a “skip” approach to avoid introducing new vulnerabilities into the latest major version release.</p>
<p>Update the WordPress Core version (eg. x.y.1 or later) with security fixed. Not automatically update the latest major version of x.y.0. The transition of the version number is as follows: update from 4.7.z to 4.8.z, 4.9.z … skiped 4.7.0, 4.8.0, 4.9.0 …</p>
<h4>Previous Generation Version Update</h4>
<p><strong>Previous Generation Version Update</strong> enable major updates and minor updates <strong>except the latest major version</strong>. It make sense to take a “wait and see” approach to ensure the latest major version release is stable before.</p>
<p>With the installed WordPress Core version as 4.6.z. If the latest WordPress Core version released to 4.8.0, automatically update it to version 4.7.z. It will be always automatically updated to the previous generation WordPress Core version with probably security fixed.</p>
<h4>Manual Update</h4>
<p><strong>Manual Update</strong> disable automatic updates. You update WordPress Core manually on the Dashboard Updates Screen.</p>
<p><strong>Automatic updates</strong> and <strong>manual updates</strong> are available for themes, plugins and Translations.<br />
It is also possible to disable automatic updating of each Themes and Plugins.</p>
<h4>Scheduled automatic updates</h4>
<p>Next we will set up a schedule for automatic updates.<br />
The update interval can be selected from the following four.</p>
<ul>
<li>Twice Daily (12 hours interval)</li>
<li>Daily</li>
<li>Weekly</li>
<li>Monthly</li>
</ul>
<p>You can also set the day, the day of the week, the hour and the minute of the Update Date.</p>
<p>At the time of automatic update, Automatically updates WordPress Core, Themes, Plugins and Translations to be updated.</p>
<h4>Support</h4>
<p>If you have any trouble, you can use the forums or report bugs.</p>
<ul>
<li>Forum: <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-auto-updater/" rel="ugc">https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-auto-updater/</a></li>
<li>Issues: <a href="https://github.com/thingsym/wp-auto-updater/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/thingsym/wp-auto-updater/issues</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Contribution</h4>
<p>Small patches and bug reports can be submitted a issue tracker in Github. Forking on Github is another good way. You can send a pull request.</p>
<p>Translating a plugin takes a lot of time, effort, and patience. I really appreciate the hard work from these contributors.</p>
<p>If you have created or updated your own language pack, you can send gettext PO and MO files to author. I can bundle it into plugin.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/thingsym/wp-auto-updater" rel="nofollow ugc">VCS – GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-auto-updater/" rel="ugc">Homepage – WordPress Plugin</a></li>
<li><a href="https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-auto-updater" rel="nofollow ugc">Translate WP Auto Updater into your language.</a></li>
</ul>
<p>You can also contribute by answering issues on the forums.</p>
<ul>
<li>Forum: <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-auto-updater/" rel="ugc">https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-auto-updater/</a></li>
<li>Issues: <a href="https://github.com/thingsym/wp-auto-updater/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">https://github.com/thingsym/wp-auto-updater/issues</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Contribute guidlines</h4>
<p>If you would like to contribute, here are some notes and guidlines.</p>
<ul>
<li>All development happens on the <strong>develop</strong> branch, so it is always the most up-to-date</li>
<li>The <strong>master</strong> branch only contains tagged releases</li>
<li>If you are going to be submitting a pull request, please submit your pull request to the <strong>develop</strong> branch</li>
<li>See about <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/" rel="nofollow ugc">forking</a> and <a href="https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/" rel="nofollow ugc">pull requests</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Test Matrix</h4>
<p>For operation compatibility between PHP version and WordPress version, see below <a href="https://github.com/thingsym/wp-auto-updater/actions" rel="nofollow ugc">Github Actions</a>.</p>


WP Auto Updater

No problems.
The option to set a time, also when the interval is a week, is very useful.

Works good


The Schedule updates works better than premium plugin "Easy Update Manager"


Great plugin!!


I'm start using this plugins to all websites I manage.


Works nicely

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