Allows you to lock your plugins and themes from being updated and keep notes on why the plugin or theme is locked.
As of April 2026, Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager is a WordPress lock plugin with 300 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 6.7K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Post Lockdown.
It hopefully doesn’t happen alot, but sometimes you have to edit the core code of a plugin or theme. It’s not ideal, and it sucks, but, whatever the reason, you had to do it. Now you’re worried you’re going to forget about your edit, update your plugin or theme (as you usually should), and lose your edits!
Well, instead of worrying, use the Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager to lock your plugins and themes from being updated and to store notes to help you remember what edits you made, all from the plugins or themes admin management page.
The Lock Your Updates Plugins/Themes Manager is multisite compatible.
| WordPress | 3.8+ requiredTested up to 4.1.42 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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