Title: Changing/disabling Automatic Updating
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Changing/disabling Automatic Updating

 *  [Mike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jolley_small/)
 * (@jolley_small)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changingdisabling-automatic-updating/)
 * My plugin (wp_download_monitor) contains a folder called USER_UPLOADS. Automatic
   updates via the plugin page are wiping this folder clean. I need a workaround
   to stop the contents of this folder being deleted. Ideas?

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 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changingdisabling-automatic-updating/#post-748517)
 * Don’t put the folder into your plugin.
 * Currently, there is no other way. There was discussion on wp-hackers and possibly
   trac about this issue, but the current state of affairs is that there is no workaround.
   Upgrading a plugin deletes the old plugin directory and everything in it. So 
   make the uploads go elsewhere, like the wp-content/uploads directory.
 *  Thread Starter [Mike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jolley_small/)
 * (@jolley_small)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changingdisabling-automatic-updating/#post-748518)
 * Are you sure there is no other way? I cannot really change the folder now, just
   think of all the people who will lose their uploads! =(
 *  Thread Starter [Mike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jolley_small/)
 * (@jolley_small)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changingdisabling-automatic-updating/#post-748519)
 * If not, would you suggest waiting for an update to wordpress?
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changingdisabling-automatic-updating/#post-748533)
 * No, because there’s not a planned change for this that I know of.
 * I’d rewrite your plugin to move people’s uploads to some other place.

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## Tags

 * [automatic](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/automatic/)
 * [trouble](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/trouble/)
 * [updating](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/updating/)

 * 4 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changingdisabling-automatic-updating/#post-748533)
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