{"id":1211,"date":"2022-08-16T07:55:52","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T07:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mklasen.com\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2022-08-16T07:58:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T07:58:18","slug":"prevent-wordpress-update-nag-in-custom-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-using-the-update-uri-header","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mklasen.com\/prevent-wordpress-update-nag-in-custom-wordpress-plugins-and-themes-using-the-update-uri-header\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevent WordPress update nag in custom WordPress plugins and themes using the Update URI header"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the WordPress Plugin and Theme repositories are growing the names of custom plugins and themes are running out. What if you create a theme or plugin with a name that&#8217;s already used in the WordPress repository? In that case, WordPress will ask you to update it, and that could lead to disastrous events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since WordPress 5.8 we have the <code>Update URI<\/code> header for plugins. When this is set &#8211; either to a URL, slug or simply to false &#8211; the WordPress API will not return any information for updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The update for themes is ready, but not yet integrated to WordPress Core. It&#8217;s likely that this will be integrated before 2023. The current status is discussed in <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/14179\">#14179<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples of Plugin Headers with <code>Update URI<\/code>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><?php\n\/*\nPlugin Name: Your Plugin Name\nPlugin URI: https:\/\/example.test\nDescription: The description of your plugin\nVersion: 1.0\nAuthor: the author\nAuthor URI: https:\/\/example.test\nUpdate URI: false\n*\/<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about support for <code>Update URI<\/code> in WordPress 5.8 is found on the link below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/06\/29\/introducing-update-uri-plugin-header-in-wordpress-5-8\/\">https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/06\/29\/introducing-update-uri-plugin-header-in-wordpress-5-8\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the WordPress Plugin and Theme repositories are growing the names of custom plugins and themes are running out. 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