Title: Please remove your invasive update message
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Please remove your invasive update message

 *  [pxforti](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pxforti/)
 * (@pxforti)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-remove-your-invasive-update-message/)
 * Love your plugin but really dislike your new invasive update screen. Eg, I go
   into a wordpress site, update all plugins, click on some wordpress admin link
   like widgets, and I’m taken instead to your update screen. Seems like you could
   present that screen the first time I go back into Yoast seo tool rather than 
   hijacking my work flow.
 * Thanks
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/)

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 *  [Chris Van Patten](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chrisvanpatten/)
 * (@chrisvanpatten)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-remove-your-invasive-update-message/#post-5990083)
 * I had planned to post my own thread, but this seems like the right place to ask.
 * 1) Yes, the screen is a bit annoying. I like the idea of doing it in the Yoast
   SEO context, or perhaps as an admin message that links to the about page.
 * 2) Is there a way to disable it? I’m running a closed multisite network for a
   client and want to ensure that it’s never seen, because it’ll confuse users who
   aren’t totally sure what it all means.
 * As far as I can see, there’s a `seen_about` option that [gets set here](https://github.com/Yoast/wordpress-seo/blob/c48d350958fa4956179d11a4cee18bb48160259a/inc/class-upgrade.php#L115).
 * Perhaps this could be a filterable option, so users can keep that always set 
   to “true”? I think this is something I can submit as a pull request… so I’ll 
   try that out 🙂
 *  [motivmedia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motivmedia/)
 * (@motivmedia)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-remove-your-invasive-update-message/#post-5990212)
 * Oh yes, please. I second that! Just show the message when I first access any 
   settings. Or maybe even as a general notification like the one that tells you,
   you’re still not allowing search engines to index the site.
 * I read the message the first time but I certainly won’t re-read it on each and
   every blog I update 😀
 *  [ProfitProphet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/profitprophet/)
 * (@profitprophet)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-remove-your-invasive-update-message/#post-5990352)
 * Agreed, there is no need to hijack our next page visit to show this update message.
   Love the plugin, but this is certainly annoying when updating a large network
   of sites.
 *  [Steve Taylor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gyrus/)
 * (@gyrus)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-remove-your-invasive-update-message/#post-5990354)
 * Please, please, please, please get rid of this pointless and incredibly annoying
   thing. Bit of a stain on an otherwise great plugin.
 *  [Fox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pmfox/)
 * (@pmfox)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-remove-your-invasive-update-message/#post-5990355)
 * It has caused a lovely infinite redirect loop on my site. Thanks.
 * `The webpage at https://domain/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wpseo_dashboard&intro=
   1 has resulted in too many redirects. Clearing your cookies for this site or 
   allowing third-party cookies may fix the problem. If not, it is possibly a server
   configuration issue and not a problem with your computer.`
 * Disabling the plugin stops the redirect problem.
 *  [thenightrider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thenightrider/)
 * (@thenightrider)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-remove-your-invasive-update-message/#post-5990357)
 * A bit of a dirty stain. Click somewhere else on the GUI and then this unexpectedly
   comes up. Combined with the other current issues and insufficient testing, this
   plugin has now crossed the line into untrustworthy territory.
 *  [Sonja London](https://wordpress.org/support/users/summit/)
 * (@summit)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-remove-your-invasive-update-message/#post-5990363)
 * +1
 *  [toddheitner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/toddheitner/)
 * (@toddheitner)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-remove-your-invasive-update-message/#post-5990368)
 * +1
 * I also am on a Multisite network and it’s causing major problems for me. I don’t
   want users seeing this screen.
 *  [mdidesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mdidesign/)
 * (@mdidesign)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-remove-your-invasive-update-message/#post-5990370)
 * Me, too. Your plugin is just a plugin, man. And delete this annoying bloatware
   in your latest version (installers everywhere in the vendor-folder).
 *  [ZewaLogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amazinghulk/)
 * (@amazinghulk)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-remove-your-invasive-update-message/#post-5990371)
 * I agree. I thought it happens just to me but see it is built in plugin.
 *  [merlinvicki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merlinvicki/)
 * (@merlinvicki)
 * [10 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-remove-your-invasive-update-message/#post-5990432)
 * Well I just used CSS to hide the irritating message:
 *     ```
       add_action('admin_head', 'remove_yeost_irritating_message');
   
       function remove_yeost_irritating_message() {
         echo '<style>
           .yoast-notice { display:none !important;}
         </style>';
       }
       ```
   
 *  [Stansbury](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stansbury/)
 * (@stansbury)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/please-remove-your-invasive-update-message/#post-5990436)
 * Good one [@merlinvicki](https://wordpress.org/support/users/merlinvicki/) – I
   added your code to functions.php and the annoying Yoast annoyances magically 
   disappeared. Thanks!

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