Automatically update plugins and core

  • I have been for now search for a good way to update whatever needs updating automatically. I have tried some plugins it didn’t work and I tried the following code in function.php what is the best way to keep WordPress updated? No other in no other platform you have to deal with such matter, you never see update notification for example in Shopify why is WordPress making it so hard?

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  • Plugin and theme auto update was added to WP in version 5.5.
    Core WP auto update was added to WP in version 5.6.

    Thread Starter alexiirj

    (@alexiirj)

    but its not updating I have already updated to the latest version of wordpress but I always have to update manually. I don’t see the option Enable auto update

    Joy

    (@joyously)

    One of the developers (Paul Biron) replied to my query on this:

    for plugins, have them go to the Plugins screen and click Enable Auto-updates for any plugin they want. For themes, it’s on Appearance > Themes , then Theme Details. For core it’s on Dashboard > Updates. If they are not seeing those, then it’s likely one of a few things:

    1. they have one of the constants (e.g., AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED ) defined such that auto-updates are prevented
    2. their site is a multisite, in which case they need to be a super admin (and the locations where they go to enable auto-updates is different)
    3. they’ve got a plugin activated that is disabling auto-updates (which is unlikely)

    Thread Starter alexiirj

    (@alexiirj)

    Bingo,
    that did the trick,
    now the only problem is I can see in new wordpress when you hover over plugins it tells you whether or not you want to enable auto update that option is not showing for me. but it does the updates automatically anyway.

    Joy

    (@joyously)

    I don’t know why it’s showing only on hover. It should show all the time. Perhaps you have a plugin that is affecting the Plugins list.

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