Godaddy WordPress managed : disabled core updates not working

What settings did you select? Did you make sure that the automatic updates for the WordPress core were turned to disabled?

Thanks for the reply. And yep…that was the first thing I double checked to see if someone changed the settings but they are still set for Major Releases checked as Disabled and the Minor Releases checked as Enabled in the General tab in Update Options and under Automatic Updates.

Hmmm… have you checked your wp-config.php to make sure that you are not overriding it by enabling updates in it?

Yep…I checked that and nothing looks to be overriding it and I just manually added

define( ‘WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE’, false );

to the wp-config.php file. So hopefully that will prevent future core updates and allow minor updates.

The site was really effected when it changed from 4.4 to 4.5 so they wanted an easy way to manage updates on their own manually. Nothing seems changed with 4.6 so that can stay but just want to avoid automatic future updates until they can be tested.

Do you think that the godaddy wordpress managed hosting ignores this plugin? They did say that a client can change the wp-config, which I did. I was just looking for a plugin like this that the client could manage easier. How does your plugin work to disable?

Do you think that the godaddy wordpress managed hosting ignores this plugin?

GoDaddy is know to do some crazy things, although I have tested Easy Updates Manager on GoDaddy before and it was working.

I am curious if the define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', false ); will work for you. Because if it doesn’t disable Core updates then it must be something on GoDaddy’s end. If it works, then it is probably something to do with the plugin.

Godaddy has more restrictions with their wordpress managed hosting so it is possible. A tech told me changes to the wp-config should work though. So hopefully the edit I just did will work. We will have to wait to see as they do not allow downgrading wordpress. I can use an old backup from within 30 days but that would negate other changes to the site.

That wp-config edit will not disable minor updates though, right?

And how does the plugin disable things if not in wp-config?

I hope the wp-config edit will work but I was hoping the plugin would be easier for the client to manage for the future.

That wp-config edit will not disable minor updates though, right?

I believe it does actually disable both major and minor automatic core updates.

And how does the plugin disable things if not in wp-config?

@ronalfy needs to answer that as he coded all that stuff.

I hope the wp-config edit will work but I was hoping the plugin would be easier for the client to manage for the future.

We shall see if it works or not. Although it would be nice if Easy Updates Manager was working for you.

The plugin uses filters and not constants to do or disable the updates. The constants take precedence.

WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE will disable updates for automatic and minor.