{"id":332535,"date":"2026-07-02T11:42:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T11:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/selective-update-control\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T12:11:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T12:11:30","slug":"selective-update-control","status":"publish","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/selective-update-control\/","author":21179831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"1.0.0","stable_tag":"1.0.0","tested":"7.0","requires":"5.0","requires_php":"7.2","requires_plugins":null,"header_name":"Selective Update Control","header_author":"Sahil Modi","header_description":"Disables all automatic updates (core, plugins, themes, translations) and restricts update visibility & access to admin account(s) chosen under Settings > Update Control. All other users \u2014 including other administrators not on the list \u2014 won't see update nags, counts, or the Updates screen, and can't trigger updates.","assets_banners_color":"2f4c85","last_updated":"2026-07-02 12:11:30","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"https:\/\/pages.razorpay.com\/pl_T8YBejEfQgvpif\/view","header_plugin_uri":"","header_author_uri":"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/modi2918\/","rating":0,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":0,"downloads":32,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":{"1.0.0":{"tag":"1.0.0","author":"modi2918","date":"2026-07-02 12:11:30"}},"upgrade_notice":{"1.0.0":"

Initial release version.<\/p>"},"ratings":[],"assets_icons":{"icon-128x128.png":{"filename":"icon-128x128.png","revision":3593947,"resolution":"128x128","location":"assets","locale":"","width":128,"height":128},"icon-256x256.png":{"filename":"icon-256x256.png","revision":3593947,"resolution":"256x256","location":"assets","locale":"","width":256,"height":256}},"assets_banners":{"banner-1544x500.png":{"filename":"banner-1544x500.png","revision":3593947,"resolution":"1544x500","location":"assets","locale":"","width":1544,"height":500},"banner-772x250.png":{"filename":"banner-772x250.png","revision":3593947,"resolution":"772x250","location":"assets","locale":"","width":772,"height":250}},"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0.0"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":{"1":"The plugin configuration dashboard under Settings > Update Control."}},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[269858,23411,269857,56755,2550],"plugin_category":[],"plugin_contributors":[269859],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-332535","plugin","type-plugin","status-publish","hentry","plugin_tags-administrator-update","plugin_tags-disable-updates","plugin_tags-restrict-updates","plugin_tags-update-control","plugin_tags-updates","plugin_contributors-modi2918","plugin_committers-modi2918"],"banners":{"banner":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/selective-update-control\/assets\/banner-772x250.png?rev=3593947","banner_2x":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/selective-update-control\/assets\/banner-1544x500.png?rev=3593947","banner_rtl":false,"banner_2x_rtl":false},"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/selective-update-control\/assets\/icon-128x128.png?rev=3593947","icon_2x":"https:\/\/ps.w.org\/selective-update-control\/assets\/icon-256x256.png?rev=3593947","generated":false},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"\n

Disables all automatic updates (core, plugins, themes, translations) and restricts update visibility & access to admin account(s) chosen under Settings > Update Control. All other users \u2014 including other administrators not on the list \u2014 won't see update nags, counts, or the Updates screen, and can't trigger updates.<\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. Upload the selective-update-control<\/code> folder to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> directory.<\/li>\n
  2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.<\/li>\n
  3. Go to Settings > Update Control to configure which administrator accounts should retain update access.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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    Does this plugin disable all updates?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    Yes, it disables all automatic background updates (core, plugins, themes, and translations) globally.<\/p><\/dd>\n

    Who can access update settings?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    Only the administrators selected in the plugin settings can see or manage update options.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

    1.0.0<\/h4>\n\n
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    • Initial release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Disables all automatic updates and restricts update visibility to chosen admin accounts.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/332535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332535"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/modi2918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=332535"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=332535"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=332535"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=332535"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=332535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}