Easy settings, works well

  • When a client discovered that Easy Updates Manager had not been working on his sites for several months, I went looking for an alternative, and was delighted to find aptly-named Companion Auto Update. The settings are much easier to understand, and it works beautifully. It also checks for available updates more often, and adds a list of recent updates to your Dashboard that you see when you log in.

    There are a couple of things that could be improved. Major WordPress core updates run automatically by default, which I think is unwise. Site managers really should be backing up before major updates, and checking the site afterwards for any problems. This should be off by default.

    Also, the settings to turn off updates for specific plugins are for a little hard to find. “Filter Plugins” is a subtab of the Advanced Options tab, which opens by default to the other subtab (Scheduling). I don’t see why these couldn’t each be top level tabs, and change “Filter” to something more descriptive, like “Deselect.”

    Note that you can’t turn off updates for selected themes – theme updates are either all or nothing. Not a problem for most people, just mentioning it.

    Overall, this is a user-friendly plugin that just works, and has really cut down the amount of time I spend maintaining my own sites. Thanks for building it!

    • This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by syzygist.
    • This topic was modified 6 years, 4 months ago by syzygist.
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  • Plugin Author Papin Schipper

    (@papin)

    Glad you like our plugin, and thanks for the feedback ??

    A few notes:

    Also, the settings to turn off updates for specific plugins are for a little hard to find. “Filter Plugins” is a subtab of the Advanced Options tab, which opens by default to the other subtab (Scheduling). I don’t see why these couldn’t each be top level tabs, and change “Filter” to something more descriptive, like “Deselect.”

    This has been requested by more so we’ve changed this in the latest release.

    There are a couple of things that could be improved. Major WordPress core updates run automatically by default, which I think is unwise. Site managers really should be backing up before major updates, and checking the site afterwards for any problems. This should be off by default.

    Makes sense, will consider changing this in a future update.

    Thread Starter syzygist

    (@syzygist)

    Might want to get to it before the Gutenberg release, if it’s not too hard. That’s coming in 10 days.

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