Alan Jacob Mathew

ProjektIsle

<p>Thaazhu Update Lock is a lightweight, <a href="https://projektisle.com/pi-plugins/thaazhu-update-lock/" rel="nofollow ugc">developer-focused</a> utility designed to give you absolute control over the WordPress update cycle. While WordPress provides a native way to toggle auto-updates, it lacks the ability to hard-lock a specific plugin version to prevent manual accidental updates or bulk-action overrides.</p>
<p>At its core, Thaazhu (a Malayalam word meaning “lock”) acts as a safety “clasp” for your site’s plugin updates. It allows administrators to freeze a plugin at its current version, ensuring that a critical environment remains stable until you are ready to perform testing and deployment.</p>
<p>Key Features:<br />
* Granular Version Control: Pick and choose which specific plugins stay frozen.<br />
* Contextual Documentation: Pair locks with notes to explain technical reasons for the restriction.<br />
* Modular Architecture: Built for performance without database bloat.<br />
* Bulk Update Protection: Locked plugins are disabled from bulk actions.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ol>
<li>Go to <strong>Plugins</strong> page</li>
<li>Find plugin you want to lock</li>
<li>Click <strong>“Lock Update”</strong> link</li>
<li>(Optional) Click <strong>“Add Note”</strong> to explain why it’s locked</li>
</ol>


Thaazhu Update Lock

Prevent accidental updates by locking plugins from being updated and add optional admin notes explaining why.

Rachel Cherry

<p>It hopefully doesn’t happen alot, but sometimes you have to edit the core code of a plugin or theme. It’s not ideal, and it sucks, but, whatever the reason, you had to do it. Now you’re worried you’re going to forget about your edit, update your plugin or theme (as you usually should), and lose your edits!</p>
<p>Well, instead of worrying, use the Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager to lock your plugins and themes from being updated and to store notes to help you remember what edits you made, all from the plugins or themes admin management page.</p>
<p>The Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager is multisite compatible.</p>
<h4>Features</h4>
<ul>
<li>Provides simple lock/unlock management on the plugins and themes admin management page.</li>
<li>Provides method of storing notes so you can remember why you locked the plugin or theme.</li>
<li>You will still be notified that a plugin or theme needs to be updated, even if it is locked.</li>
<li>Lock Your Updates is multisite compatible.</li>
<li>If running WordPress multisite, Lock Your Updates provides an admin column that shows you where your plugins and themes are active.</li>
</ul>
<h4>If You’d Like To Contribute</h4>
<p>If you’d like to contribute to this plugin, feel free to do so on the <a href="https://github.com/bamadesigner/lock-your-updates" rel="nofollow ugc">“Lock Your Updates” GitHub repo</a>.</p>
<h4>Credits</h4>
<p>A big shoutout to Aaron Robb <a href="https://twitter.com/aaron_robb" rel="nofollow ugc">@aaron_robb</a> who helped make this plugin grow.</p>


Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager

Allows you to lock your plugins and themes from being updated and keep notes on why the plugin or theme is locked.

Thaazhu Update Lock vs Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager