Title: Automatic Updates
Last modified: May 20, 2019

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# Automatic Updates

 *  Resolved [jd1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jd1234/)
 * (@jd1234)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates-12/)
 * Hi,
 * Is it possible to turn the automatic updates off?
 * Need help with this urgently.
 * Thanks

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Ben Meredith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benmeredithgmailcom/)
 * (@benmeredithgmailcom)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates-12/#post-11551642)
 * Hi [@jd1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jd1234/),
 * Give does not auto-update by default.
 * However, a security issue was recently discovered which necessitated the wordpress.
   org team pushing out a fix to prevent sites from being compromised. The ONLY 
   thing that was changed in that forced update was a patch for the security vulnerability.
   All other updates are still manual, unless you’ve got a system in place that 
   auto updates.
 * If your site was on version 2.0.6 (for example) you would be updated to 2.0.7,
   NOT the latest 2.4.7.
 * Again, the only change that was made via forde update was a patch for the security
   issue.
 * ​​Let me know if that resolves things, or if you need further assistance. ​Thanks
   for using Give! Have a great day.
 *  Thread Starter [jd1234](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jd1234/)
 * (@jd1234)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates-12/#post-11551723)
 * oh okay, that makes sense now.
 * Our plugin was automatically updated to 2.4.7. We tried to restore it from backup
   but it updates immediately after the backup is restored.
 * We had made custom changes in the plugin. But after initial debugging I can see
   most of them are there. We are able to make it functional again.
 * Thanks for getting back asap on this. This was very worrying for good 3 hours.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Ben Meredith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benmeredithgmailcom/)
 * (@benmeredithgmailcom)
 * [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates-12/#post-11551878)
 * Hi there,
 * The best course of action to avoid problems like this is to never modify the 
   files that ship with the core plugin, and instead modify using custom snippets
   or functionality plugins.
 * If you need assistance implementing custom PHP code on your website we have this
   guide:
 * [https://givewp.com/documentation/resources/adding-custom-functions-to-your-wordpress-website/​](https://givewp.com/documentation/resources/adding-custom-functions-to-your-wordpress-website/ )
 * Glad you got everything sorted out!

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 * Last reply from: [Ben Meredith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benmeredithgmailcom/)
 * Last activity: [7 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates-12/#post-11551878)
 * Status: resolved