How to Block Theme Updates in WordPress
Never block theme updates permanently as it increases the vulnerability of your website.
Problem
You know it is a bad practice, but you need to block updates for the active theme or a parent of the active theme. A common reason to take this decision is that you know newer versions cause issues on your website. Or maybe you, or someone else, modified the theme code and updating the theme implies losing all changes.
Solution
Follow these steps to block updates for a theme in WordPress.
Step 1: Install and activate the plugin Easy Updates Manager.
Step 2: Navigate to Dashboard > Update options.
Step 3: In the Theme updates section, click Choose per theme.
Step 4: Go to the Themes tab and click Blocked on the desired theme.
Step 5: Go to the Appearance menu and verify that the theme cannot be updated. If there was a notice to update the theme, it is not shown now.
Tip
Do not block theme updates as a permanent solution. It will increase the vulnerability of your website. The real solution is to fix the issue that forced you to block theme updates.
Further reading
I recommend the other tutorials in this series to learn more about managing themes in WordPress.
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