No Update Nag

47 Quality Score

Active Installs

14/30

With only 1,000 active installs and a perfect but tiny 100/100 rating from just 2 reviews, the popularity signal is too small to draw meaningful conclusions about broad adoption.

Update Freshness

9/25

The plugin was last updated on April 14, 2025 and is tested against WordPress 6.8.5, which is a healthy sign, but the very low install count suggests minimal real-world pressure to maintain it further.

User Rating

6/15

A perfect 100/100 score is impressive on the surface, but with only 2 ratings it carries almost no statistical weight and should not be treated as strong social proof.

Support Health

8/15

There are zero support threads opened and zero resolved, giving a neutral 50/15 support health score that reflects neither problems nor proven responsiveness.

WP Compatibility

11/15

Compatibility scores 75/15 thanks to a low WordPress requirement of 2.5 and recent testing against 6.8.5, indicating a very wide compatibility window, though no PHP version is declared.

Scores higher than 2% of indexed plugins

About

Removes the WordPress update nag that appears at the top of all admin pages when a new version of WordPress is released.

Active Installs 1k+

Rating ★★★★★ 5/5

Last Updated 2025-04-14 9:44pm GMT

Requires WordPress 2.5+

Tested Up To 6.8.8

Security History

1 known vulnerability, all patched

1 Medium

Most recent: August 8, 2024

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What It Does

No Update Nag removes the WordPress core update notification that appears in the admin dashboard when a new version is available. Once activated, the banner is hidden from all users, including administrators. It does not block, disable, or schedule updates, it simply hides the nag message.

Who It's For

This plugin is best for agencies, freelancers, or managed hosting providers who maintain multiple client sites and want to prevent end clients from seeing or attempting core updates themselves. It is also useful for locked-down environments, white-label deployments, and intranet portals where the admin experience needs to be tidied up and the update prompt is unwanted noise.

Who Should Skip It

If you manage your own site, want full visibility into WordPress core updates, or rely on a staging-based update workflow, you do not need this plugin because you can simply ignore or dismiss the nag yourself. Site owners on hosts that already hide or block core updates will also see no benefit.

The Bottom Line

No Update Nag does one small thing and does it with minimal code, recent testing against WordPress 6.8.5, and zero reported support issues. The overall quality score of 50.63/100 is dragged down mostly by tiny adoption and an unproven track record, but for its narrow purpose it is a reasonable, lightweight choice. If you want a more capable admin-tidying toolkit or true update control, look at the alternatives listed above.

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