automatic updates

WordPress’ plugin team has published a statement regarding plugins making changes to users’ update services: Unless your plugin has the purpose of managing updates, … Continue reading Plugin Team Draws a Line: Plugins Must Not Change WordPress’ Default Automatic Update Settings →

Buried in the changelog of a series of minor releases that dropped before the Christmas holiday, All in One SEO … Continue reading All in One SEO Plugin Turns on Automatic Updates without Notifying Users, Removes Functionality in Latest Release →

WordPress 5.6 is set to add a UI that allows users to opt into auto-updates for major versions of core. … Continue reading WordPress 5.6 to Add UI for Enabling Major Version Auto-Updates, Contributors Discuss Adding a Filter to Hide It →

WordPress’ Core systems team had an eventful Friday when an error in the auto-update system caused sites to update to … Continue reading WordPress Auto-Update System Misfires, Updating Live Sites to an Alpha Release →

WordPress 3.7 ‘Basie’ was released on October 24, 2013 and introduced automatic updates for minor releases to the masses. Although … Continue reading Core Team Explores Idea to Automatically Upgrade Sites Running WordPress 3.7 to 3.8 →

When a critical security vulnerability was discovered in Yoast’s SEO plugin this week, WordPress.org took the initiative to automatically update … Continue reading How to Stay in the Loop if You Turn Off WordPress’ Automatic Updates →

WordPress 3.9.1 was released late last week, resolving 34 bugs. This maintenance release includes several important fixes for multisite, TinyMCE, … Continue reading More Than 97% of Updates to WordPress 3.9.1 Were Automatic →