Major updates still automatically

My website provider is to blame, because it is there policy that the major updates will be placed automatically, but I still want to override this. Is this possible?

Check your wp-config.php file.

See if there’s this line:

define(‘WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE’, true);

Comment it out to return control to Easy Updates Manager or set it to false to disable all core auto-updates.

Thanks.

I have tried commenting this out and also removing it – it just re-adds itself a few days later – has anyone else had this experience?

Then that would likely be due to your host forcing updates. You may have a managed wordpress hosting plan that does this. Ultimately it’s really stupid since updating everything right away can be a road into trouble.

You could try changing the permissions on the wp-config.php file to read-only after making the change and see if that sticks.

@endymion00 thanks. This does indeed sound like the host is undoing the change as they are likely managing the updates at the host level.

One other possibility if not the host that I came across with a client’s site in the past, where they had a security plugin running that would revert changes to at least their .htaccess file (and maybe other files like wp-config.php) unless a snapshot was updated to include the changes.

That’s a good point. Thanks.