Automatic Updates for Themes and Plugins

  • Hi,

    I’m currently using WordPress 4.6.1 which has part (or most?) of this plugin already embedded in the Core. What is NOT happening is that I still have to individually update Themes and Plugins.

    Will “Automatic” Shiny Updates become part of the next release of WordPress, or will I still have to install an additional Automatic Updates Plugin to achieve that goal?

    Which current Automattic Updates Plugin is the one that is the most compatible with Shiny Updates (and you would recommend with WordPress 4.6.1)?

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  • Plugin Contributor Pascal Birchler

    (@swissspidy)

    There was once a UI in the plugin to enable automatic updates, but it was decided it’s not something that should have a UI.

    Automatic updates might find their way back into Shiny Updates and eventually WordPress core, but first we should improve the manual process as much as possible.

    If you want to enable automatic updates now, it’s as easy as putting these 3 lines of code in a custom (must-use) plugin or your theme’s functions.php file.

    add_filter( 'allow_major_auto_core_updates', '__return_true' );
add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', '__return_true' );
add_filter( 'auto_update_theme', '__return_true' );
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