Disable forced critical updates

@wallydavid

I understand you want to disable automatic core updates. I found a guide that could help here: https://wpengine.com/resources/disable-auto-update/#:~:text=Step%201%3A%20Add%20Code%20to,(%20’WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE’%2C%20false%20)%3B

I hope this helps!

I have automatic core updates turned off. Woocommerce/wordpress forced the update anyways. Thats what I want to know how to disable.

Hi @wallydavid

The critical updates are usually security patches, so we don’t recommend trying to circumvent those updates at all!

That being said, I am afraid that there isn’t a built-in option to prevent those updates to be installed, so I’d recommend visitting the WooCommerce Facebook group or the #developers channel of the WooCommerce Community Slack.

We’re lucky to have a great community of open-source developers for WooCommerce, and many of our developers hang out there, as well.

All the best!

Thats the point of “OPEN SOURCE” software. I should be able to ignore it, or when notified, modify my custom software with your security updates. You shouldn’t be able to push an update to my “SELF HOSTED” site and basically take my store down. I’m not a legal expert by any means, but at what point is “self hosted / open source” not covered under open source.

Under section 7 of your terms you say “Our mission is to make the web a better place, and our Services are designed to give you control and ownership over your websites.”

But I don’t have control if WordPress / Automatic has remote update control to override my settings? This is in part because you guys can figure out the difference between your users (developers using self hosted and end users at wordpress.com). Self hosted sites should be left to the control of developers.

Also, under section 8.b of WooCommerces terms and conditions, the software clearly states that is is open source? At what point is it commercial if you have remote control over it?