[wp-hackers] Plugin update & security / privacy

[John Blackbourn]

I already made a plugin to do that at
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disable-wordpress-plugin-updates/
:-)

On 9/23/07, Alex Günsche <ag.ml2007 at zirona.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-09-23 at 08:37 -0400, Jamie Holly wrote:
> > We were discussing this on a political blogger mailing list I am on. There
> > are about 30 WP users on that list. As of this morning, 18 of them said they
> > will not be moving to WP 2.3 solely because of this.
>
> Ok, before you guys don't upgrade at all, here's a little plugin which
> will completely(!) suppress the version checker.
>
> ------- SNIP -------
> <?php
> /*
> Plugin Name: No Update Checker
> Description: *Very* rough hack to suppress the WordPress update checker.
> Version: 0.1
> */
>
> function noupdatechecker()
> {
>    if ( !defined('WP_INSTALLING') )
>       define('WP_INSTALLING', true);
> }
> add_action('init', 'noupdatechecker', 9);
> ?>
> ------- SNIP -------
>
> Save the above as noupdatechecker.php (or whatever) in
> wp-content/plugins/. No whitespace must be outside the PHP tags! Then
> activate the plugin in the admin panel.
>
> Note: The plugin deactivates the version checker by defining
> WP_INSTALLING, a constant that is used in other parts of the core, too.
> I had a quick grep, looked at the respective positions, and tested the
> associated WP features -- the normal functioning of WordPress seems not
> to be impacted by this hack. Anyway, if strange things happen due to its
> usage, let me know. Feedback is apprechiated (e-mail me).
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Alex
>
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