WordPress 3.7 introduced automatic upgrades. Maintenance and security updates are applied in the background when a patch becomes available and someone visits your site. By default, the process only applies when updating minor versions — such as 3.7.0 to 3.7.1 — and takes no longer than 25 seconds.
Automated updates are especially risky if you:
– use a large number of dubious plug-ins or complex third-party themes
– want to control and manage updates yourself, or
– have an especially nervous disposition!
How to enable major release updates
define('WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', true);
To stop the autoupdates of the WordPress core
define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', false );
How to enable plugins updates
add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', '__return_true' );
How to enable themes updates
add_filter( 'auto_update_theme', '__return_true' );
Then enable the plugins updates
add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', '__return_true' );
How to completely disable the WordPress auto updates
define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true );
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