How to notify only administrators about WordPress updates

This article shows you how to only notify WordPress updates to only administrators using a short script.

To hide update notification to non admin users  in WordPress, follow these steps:

1. Log in to WordPress as the administrator.
2. On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click Appearance, and then click Editor:

   

3. On the Theme Editor, select the Theme you want to edit from the dropdown:
   

   

4. The files for this selected theme are listed on the right column under Theme Files. Click on the file named “functions.php”:
   

   

5. Insert the following code to the end of functions.php file and click Update File Button to save the changes:
   

   /*
   
    Display notifications to admins only
   
   */
   
   function notify_admin_only() {
   
     if(!current_user_can( 'update_core')) {
   
       remove_action('admin_notices', 'update_nag', 3);
   
     }
   
   }
   
   add_action( 'admin_head', 'notify_admin_only', 1 );

More Information

For more information about the  'admin_notices' function,  please visit  https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin_notices/