Title: Disable Pointers
Author: Simon Blackbourn
Published: <strong>January 17, 2012</strong>
Last modified: April 27, 2015

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Disable Pointers

 By [Simon Blackbourn](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lumpysimon/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/disable-pointers.zip)

 * [Details](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-pointers/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-pointers/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-pointers/#installation)
 * [Development](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-pointers/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/disable-pointers/)

## Description

When new features are introduced into WordPress, various helpful pointers (tooltips)
maybe shown to users on the admin screens. This simple plugin disables them for 
all users. No options, no configuration, just install and activate.

## Installation

 1. Search for ‘disable pointers’ from the ‘Add new plugin’ page in your WordPress 
    website.
 2. Click ‘Install Now’.
 3. Activate the plugin.

## FAQ

  Is that all there is?

Yes.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Disable Pointers” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Simon Blackbourn ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lumpysimon/)

[Translate “Disable Pointers” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/disable-pointers)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/disable-pointers/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/disable-pointers/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-pointers/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/disable-pointers/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0 (27th April 2015)

 * Use remove_action instead of directly removing script/style
 * Bump compatibility to 4.2.1

#### 0.2 (29th May 2014)

 * Change plugin page from Lumpy Lemon to GitHub
 * Minor readme.txt updates
 * Miniscule code changes
 * Bump compatibility to 3.9.1

#### 0.1 (17th January 2012)

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **40+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.3 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.2.39**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-pointers/)
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[disable](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/disable/)
   [pointers](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/pointers/)[tooltips](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tooltips/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://twd.wordpress.org/plugins/disable-pointers/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Simon Blackbourn ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lumpysimon/)

## Support

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