Title: Child Theme – plugin disabling wp_version_check().
Last modified: December 4, 2020

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# Child Theme – plugin disabling wp_version_check().

 *  Anonymous User 17812943
 * (@anonymized-17812943)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-plugin-disabling-wp_version_check/)
 * > Background updates are not working as expected
   > Background updates ensure that WordPress can auto-update if a security update
   > is released for the version you are currently using.
   > Error A plugin has prevented updates by disabling wp_version_check().
   >  Passed
   > No version control systems were detected. Passed Your installation of WordPress
   > doesn’t require FTP credentials to perform updates. Passed All of your WordPress
   > files are writable.
    - Installed locally
    - WordPress 5.5.3
    - Parent Theme – UnderStrap (understrap
    - Child Theme – Network Interface Projects (networkinterfaceprojects)
    - Inactive Theme – Twenty Twenty (twentytwenty)
    - I don’t have any plugins installed.
       I haven’t done any big changes to the
      child theme. But it is the only thing that can be the cause Any help in how
      to fix this?

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-plugin-disabling-wp_version_check/#post-13751579)
 * Try using a full text search utility like `grep` to search both theme’s source
   code for “wp_version_check”. The existence of a callback added to this filter
   is what triggers that message. At least `grep` has a recursive option so all 
   subfolders can be searched at the same time. In Windows, `findstr` command has
   similar functionality.

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## Tags

 * [child theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/child-theme/)
 * [wp_version_check](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp_version_check/)

 * In: [Developing with WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/child-theme-plugin-disabling-wp_version_check/#post-13751579)
 * Status: not resolved

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