This plugin is for developers and site builders who work on custom plugins or themes in a local environment. It prevents these in-development items from being accidentally updated on a staging or live site, which could overwrite local changes and cause errors.

• Blocks Automatic Updates: Prevents selected plugins and themes from receiving update notifications and being automatically updated, protecting your development work.
• Adds Visual Notices: Places clear 'In Local Development' labels on the plugins and themes pages in the admin dashboard for immediate identification.
• Environment Awareness: Can add a colored indicator to the admin bar when the site is running on localhost, providing a constant visual cue about the environment.
• Git Integration: Automatically detects plugins and themes under version control (like Git) and can optionally display a Git host icon next to them.
• Configuration Control: Allows setting the WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE constant from the plugin settings and provides an option to bypass the white screen of death (WSOD) handler in specific WordPress versions for local debugging.