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# Notifying only administrators about WordPress updates

> Learn how to notify WordPress updates to only admin using a simple php script.

This article shows you how to only notify [WordPress](https://hosting.com/hosting/platforms/wordpress-hosting/managed-wordpress-hosting/) 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**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wep_themeeditor.png)

3. On the **Theme Editor**, select the **Theme** you want to edit from the dropdown:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wp_edittheme.png)

4. The files for this selected theme are listed on the right column under **Theme Files**. Click on the file named "**functions.php**":\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wp_edittheme_functions.png)

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

```javascript theme={null}
/*

 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 \[visit  [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin\_notices/\](http://visit ](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin_notices/]\(http://visit ) [https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin\_notices/](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/admin_notices/))

## Related articles

* [Disabling plugin updates](/docs/disabling-plugin-updates)

* [Enabling automatic updates for WordPress plugins](/docs/enabling-automatic-updates-for-wordpress-plugins)