Automatic Update Settings (Hostinger)

Hello, I manage a site on Hostinger with the hpanel settings you mentioned enabled, so this adds a must-use plugin (a file) from Hostinger that does disable automatic core/theme/plugin updates, so the Hostinger system becomes the one responsible for the automatic updates for the website (via hpanel). It is how Hostinger has set up their WP hosting, so it is not an issue. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the info Gerry. The reason I became aware of this in the first place was that my site health status gave a critical issue stating that automatic updates were disabled. Also, every time there was an update released for WP/themes/plugins, I got notified they were available, and had to manually run the updates. So it would appear that Hostinger is not running the updates when enabled in hpanel. I ended up manually updating the PHP file created by hpanel and changing the setting to allow automatic updates. So far they appear to be functioning normally.

@jimlz Looks like that might do the trick. In any case, do wait for a reply from Hostinger’s support folks to see what they recommend. In any case, as a rule of thumb, it’s good practice to keep plugins updated (and test any major updates in staging) to keep your site performant and stable.

If the problem persists, or if you run into troubles, do report back. Thanks once again!