WordPress Core

Disable Core WordPress Update Notice

Last updated on February 7, 2022 by Sal Ferrarello

When working on projects, I often want to strictly control the version of WordPress that is running. However sometimes one of the other administrators on the site sees the “WordPress 5.9 is available! Please update now.” message and clicks it, thereby prematurely updating to a newer version of WordPress core. This notice can be disabled.

Revert to Old Version of WordPress Core

Last updated on May 20, 2020 by Sal Ferrarello

These are the two ways I have used to rollback WordPress to an earlier version. Using either technique, you should make a backup copy of your files and your database first!

WordPress Core Development on Local by Flywheel

Last updated on October 26, 2018 by Sal Ferrarello

I setup a site for WordPress Core development with Local by Flywheel and documented the steps. If you’re trying to do the same, this might be helpful.