Best update control plugins for WordPress
The most popular update control plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Easy Updates Manager leads with 300K+ active installs, ahead of Disable All WordPress Updates (20K+) and Disable Updates (8K+). All 6 plugins tagged “update control” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 update control plugins
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Easy Updates ManagerThe most installed update control plugin, with 300K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 726 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Disable All WordPress Updates20K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 69 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 3.
Disable Updates8K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 24 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
- 4.
Ignore Or Disable Plugin Update200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 5.
Disable All Update & NotificationFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
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KK-UPDATE-CONTROLFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.2.15.
All 6 plugins tagged “update control”
Easy Updates Manager
#194by David Anderson / Team Updraft2 months ago
Manage all your WordPress updates, including individual updates, automatic updates, logs, and loads more. This also works very well with WordPress Mul …
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 4.8(726)
- Downloads
- 1K/day
Disable All WordPress Updates
Up in the last 7 days:55#1,305by wpseek22 days ago
Disables the theme, plugin and core update checking, the related cronjobs, plugin/theme update health checks and notification system.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.8(69)
- Downloads
- 455/day
Disable Updates
Down in the last 7 days:66#2,310by Themeisle20 days ago
Disable updates and automatic updates for WordPress core, plugins, and themes, with the option to disable plugin or theme updates individually.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.5(24)
- Downloads
- 52/day
Ignore Or Disable Plugin Update
Down in the last 7 days:709#12,360by JFG Media1 month ago
Allows to ignore a single plugin update for a certain number of days, or until its next version.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Disable All Update & Notification
#62,691by Pirtpal Singh2 years ago
A plugin to disable all WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates, and remove update notifications.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
KK-UPDATE-CONTROL
#66,501by Kai3 years ago
A simple WordPress plugin to control automatic core updates or auto-updates for plugins, themes and translations.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day