How to disable WordPress Plugin update or theme update

Disable WordPress plugin update

To disable specific plugin updates you can use the below code. The below code reads the array of the plugin list and removes the element(plugin) that you are editing.
Method 1: Put this code on the plugin’s main file

 add_filter('site_transient_update_plugins', 'twc_remove_update_notification');
 function twc_remove_update_notification($value) {
     unset($value->response[ plugin_basename(__FILE__) ]);
     return $value;
 }

Method 2: Change the version of the plugin, Do this by changes to the main file of the plugin.

 Plugin Name: Contact Form
 Plugin URI: https://the-webcoder.com/
 Version: 9999

Disable WordPress theme update

One easy method is to access the theme’s style and change the version number to 9999.

 /*
 Theme Name: Theme Name
 Author: Name
 Author URI: https://the-webcoder.com/
 Description: Lorem ipsum
 Version: 9999
 */

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