To stop the automatic updates for the “Woo Tabbed Category Product Listing” plugin in WordPress, you can use one of the following methods:
Method 1: Disable Updates via Plugin Filter (Code)
Add this code snippet to your theme’s functions.php file or a custom plugin:
/**
* Disable automatic updates for 'Woo Tabbed Category Product Listing' plugin
*/
add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', 'disable_auto_updates_for_specific_plugin', 10, 2 );
function disable_auto_updates_for_specific_plugin( $update, $plugin ) {
if ( 'woo-tabbed-category-product-listing/woo-tabbed-category-product-listing.php' === $plugin ) {
return false;
}
return $update;
}
How it works:
This code hooks into WordPress’s auto_update_plugin filter and checks if the plugin being updated is “Woo Tabbed Category Product Listing”. If it is, it prevents the auto-update.
Method 2: Disable All Plugin Auto-Updates (Manual)
If you want to disable all plugin auto-updates (not recommended), add this to wp-config.php:
define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', false ); // Disables core updates
define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true ); // Disables all auto-updates
But this is not recommended as it affects security updates.
Verify Auto-Updates Are Disabled
- Go to WordPress Dashboard → Plugins.
- If auto-updates are disabled, you won’t see the “Enable auto-updates” link under the plugin name.
🔍 Confirm Before Using:
Make sure that the plugin slug is correct. This string:
woo-tabbed-category-product-listing/woo-tabbed-category-product-listing.php
should match the relative path from wp-content/plugins/ to the plugin’s main PHP file.
If unsure:
- Go to the wp-content/plugins folder.
- Find the folder for the plugin.
- Check for the main PHP file name used in that folder.
✅ Best Practices:
- Add this to your child theme’s functions.php, or better, in a small custom plugin to avoid theme-based dependency.
- If you’re managing multiple plugin update settings, consider centralizing them in a custom update manager plugin.
To completely disable updates for a specific plugin in WordPress — including removing it from update checks, so WordPress doesn’t even query for updates for that plugin — you’ll need to use both:
- auto_update_plugin filter (to stop automatic updates), and
- site_transient_update_plugins filter (to remove it from update checks).
✅ Final Working Code (Put in theme’s functions.php or custom plugin):
/**
* Fully disable updates for the 'Woo Tabbed Category Product Listing' plugin
*/
add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', 'disable_auto_update_for_specific_plugin', 10, 2 );
function disable_auto_update_for_specific_plugin( $update, $plugin ) {
if ( $plugin === 'woo-tabbed-category-product-listing/woo-tabbed-category-product-listing.php' ) {
return false;
}
return $update;
}
add_filter( 'site_transient_update_plugins', 'remove_plugin_from_update_check' );
function remove_plugin_from_update_check( $value ) {
if ( isset( $value->response['woo-tabbed-category-product-listing/woo-tabbed-category-product-listing.php'] ) ) {
unset( $value->response['woo-tabbed-category-product-listing/woo-tabbed-category-product-listing.php'] );
return $value;
}
🧠 How It Works
- auto_update_plugin: disables auto-updates for that plugin.
- site_transient_update_plugins: filters the list of plugins that WordPress checks for updates — here, it removes your plugin from the list, so no check is made, and no update notice will show.
⚠️ Notes:
- This prevents updates only through the WordPress update system — a manual update via FTP or another plugin manager will still be possible.
- If you later want to re-enable updates, you’ll need to remove or comment out these functions.