Title: Automatic plugin updates
Last modified: February 16, 2022

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# Automatic plugin updates

 *  Resolved [hampalm1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hampalm1/)
 * (@hampalm1)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-plugin-updates-4/)
 * Hi
 * I’ve used automatic updates for all my plugins for 7 years without problem but
   now I’m getting this error
 * ‘Automatic update overdue by 5 days. There may be a problem with WP-Cron.’
 * My theme’s author said it was a server problem and my host said I would need 
   to set up a new cron job. I don’t even know what a cron job is but it shouldn’t
   be this complicated anyway, as I say I’ve had no problem with this for 7 years.
 * Does anyone have any ideas what the problem could be and how to fix it ?
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by [hampalm1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hampalm1/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fautomatic-plugin-updates-4%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  [a2hostingrj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/a2hostingrj/)
 * (@a2hostingrj)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-plugin-updates-4/#post-15372354)
 * I would strongly suggest you to reach to your hosting tech support, and see if
   they allow/support the Cron jobs on the hosting plan you are using at the moment
   for your website. It could be a server related issue or a plugin misusing the
   cron jobs
 *  Thread Starter [hampalm1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hampalm1/)
 * (@hampalm1)
 * [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-plugin-updates-4/#post-15372793)
 * OK, thanks, my host has sorted it, I’ll close the ticket

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [hampalm1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hampalm1/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-plugin-updates-4/#post-15372793)
 * Status: resolved

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