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This was my fault. Some of the files in the theme directory of the new installation did not FTP to the site. I replaced this files and everything is working again. Sorry for wasting your time.

@tara: THANKS! Steps in the right direction. I am aware of these, and have my wp-config.php file with:

define( ‘AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED’, true );

According to documentation, that should prohibit WP from updating anything, or at least that was my understanding. Am I mis-interpreting?

@esmi: @jckbco raises a point for clarification, although contrary to the forum rules, but valid nonetheless. I did use a similar article with very similar bullet-points. I have two major issues with automatic updates:

1. security – the ability to write to my servers’ hard drive with permissions set to prevent it. I would LOVE to know how you override my security
2. major issues with 3rd party and personal plugins and widgets. This update apparently has not caused an issue, but 3.5.1 took out my contact form, my picture slider, a series of widgets I use to display class schedules, etc. I had to re-install 3.5.0 and spend a week on my development environment finding all the problems and fixing them. This update happened when I was home, but I have gotten notices several times when I was out of town.

@tara: No yesterday is the first time it has ever happened. I manually update using FTP in order to preserve my security. I did not want to open up my site to permissions that would allow just anyone access to my server.

@jckbco: Exactly! That is one of the biggest security holes I have ever seen. Maybe it has always been there but this is on the fringe of being enough to drive me away from WP. This better get plugged quickly!

@esmi: Thank you. As I said to @jckbco, this is time-critical for me. I will have to find another solution to WP if this isn’t fixed and I really do not relish the thought of upsetting this applecart.