Title: Auto WordPress Core updates
Last modified: October 2, 2018

---

# Auto WordPress Core updates

 *  Resolved [kristinubute](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kristinubute/)
 * (@kristinubute)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-wordpress-core-updates/)
 * Hi, I’m getting my client websites ready so they don’t get affected by the Gutenberg
   update in the new version release coming out soon.
 * I am testing your plugin. Just had a few questions.
 * So just to clarify a few things.
 * Automatic Plugin Updates – Automatically update your plugins. Select always on,
   always off, the WordPress default, or select plugins individually using the Plugins
   tab.
 * Automatic updates for plugins are now off. – Does this mean that your software
   will automatically update the plugins that are installed without me having to
   click on “Update now” when switched on .. I am so used to clicking on “update
   now” and having no automatic update.
 * Automatic Theme Updates – Does this mean also your software will automatically
   update the theme without me click on the “update now” ?
 * Sorry I am not familiar with a plugin that does this automatically, and I know
   if I have them automatically updating that it can cause issues sometimes depending
   on the type of website, and conflictions with other plugins or issues with new
   plugin updates. Usually I prefer to manually update plugins myself (and test 
   them beforehand) and ENSURE a full backup is done before any updates are done.
 * Basically the main thing I wanted to achieve with your plugin at this stage, 
   was to DISABLE the AUTO CORE UDPATE *** so when the new release comes out that
   the site doesn’t automatically update it to the V5 when it comes out .. That 
   would be a disaster if I haven’t pre-tested all my client sites with the Gutenberg
   plugin firstly.
 * WordPress Core Updates: I have Disabled
    This will 100% stop the automatic upgrade
   to the new version of WordPress when it comes out ? Yes ?
 * Regards
    Kristin

Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)

 *  Plugin Contributor [Ronald Huereca](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ronalfy/)
 * (@ronalfy)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-wordpress-core-updates/#post-10753684)
 * Kristin,
 * Thanks for your request. You are correct that disabling Core Updates will prevent
   you from seeing a new version of WordPress when it comes out. Although this is
   discouraged, I understand your frustration with 5.0 being released soon.
 * You are welcome to explore our YouTube channel, which has some overview videos
   if you need clarification on anything: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGGX_ELs6WyvgJCtUC58uLw/videos?view_as=subscriber](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGGX_ELs6WyvgJCtUC58uLw/videos?view_as=subscriber)
 *  Thread Starter [kristinubute](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kristinubute/)
 * (@kristinubute)
 * [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-wordpress-core-updates/#post-10960912)
 * Thank you for your reply.
 * Yes I understand why not to do it, but all my websites will have to be fully 
   tested on my server before I will allow this. Imagine hundreds of sites breaking
   all because the system did an automatic upgrade that is my worst nightmare …
 * I can set it back to automatic upgrades once I have manually upgraded each client
   to the new version to check there are no major issues with the upgrade.
 * Regards
 * Kristin

Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total)

The topic ‘Auto WordPress Core updates’ is closed to new replies.

 * ![](https://ps.w.org/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/assets/icon-256x256.
   png?rev=1896941)
 * [Easy Updates Manager](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/)
 * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/#faq)
 * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/)
 * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/active/)
 * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/unresolved/)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/reviews/)

## Tags

 * [wordpress updates](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-updates/)

 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [kristinubute](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kristinubute/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-wordpress-core-updates/#post-10960912)
 * Status: resolved