ok it seems if you remove this line from
require_once(ABSPATH . ‘wp-admin/includes/update.php’);
from wp-admin/includes/admin.php it does the trick, but more testing is required
or remove the url from below:
$http_request .= ‘User-Agent: WordPress/’ . $wp_version . ‘; ‘ . get_bloginfo(‘url’) . “\r\n”;
You’d also need to remove require (ABSPATH . WPINC . '/update.php'); from wp-settings.php.
Or just install these two plugins. One disables the core checks, the other disables the plugin checks.
http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/disable-wordpress-core-update/
http://ww.wp.xz.cn/extend/plugins/disable-wordpress-plugin-updates/
However, the update feature is not “spyware”. It is important to keep WordPress and the plugins up to date, as almost all WordPress related hacking incidents come from using outdated/old versions of the software. Older versions usually have known vulnerabilities.
WordPress 2.5 takes this further and allows one-click upgrading of plugins, direct from ww.wp.xz.cn to your site.
If you don’t like it, then I suggest using other software. Or, at least, when your site gets hacked, don’t blame WordPress for it.
thanks but I don’t use plugins unless i have to. I know its not spyware but it sucks bandwidth for nothing.
you have don’t have to get nasty..i’ll use WP if i please, the way I please..got it?
Plugins don’t “suck bandwidth”, so I’m not sure what you’re talking about. These two plugins in particular simply remove the actions/filters that cause the update checks to get executed. Installing/activating them will actually reduce the amount of running code.
And I was not being “nasty”, I was simply trying to say that future versions are going more and more in this direction. So, if you don’t like that direction, you may want to look into other software now, before you get locked into a solution that does not fit your needs.
“…the update feature is not “spyware”. It is important to keep WordPress and the plugins up to date…”
Might this have something to do with what i’m noticing where some browsers are failing to load WordPress sites – instead displaying the error message: “Navigation to the webpage was canceled”???
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hostsfaq.htm#message
It seems something is sensing a threat and not letting it load.
Might this have something to do with what i’m noticing where some browsers are failing to load WordPress sites – instead displaying the error message: “Navigation to the webpage was canceled”???
Nope. Not related. Update checks only happen in the admin screens, not all the time.
I have been using WordPress for years and I’m very happy with it and I appreciate the fact it is free and hard work of many people.
However, I do not allow any automatic updates or notifications on my PC..Norton is not allowed, neither is Zonealarm, nor any Adobe Updater product. Nothing happens on my PC or my sites without my knowledge.
I have never been hacked and I have so many levels of backup I wouldn’t care if I did. My software is always up to date but I don’t need a nag to tell me.
Peace
