Title: Disabling WordPress Automatic Updates..
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# Disabling WordPress Automatic Updates..

 *  Resolved [LauraE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laurae-1/)
 * (@laurae-1)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wordpress-automatic-updates/)
 * Hello,
 * I’m needing to temporarily disable wordpress automatic updates on one of my sites,
   due to it being moderate to heavily customized using a child theme for the most
   part. I’m currently working on upgrading the theme (not that it’s that outdated,
   but need to prepare for new theme version coming out in a few months anyways).
   I believe there’s a chance when 4.0 is released next week it may break the live
   site. I’ve cloned the live site for testing WordPress 4.0 for any issues with
   the theme or plugins. I need to know exactly where in WP-Config file to place
   this code:
 * define( ‘AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED’, true );
 * Thanks,
    Laura

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 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wordpress-automatic-updates/#post-5221216)
 * Related codex: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates)
 *  Thread Starter [LauraE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laurae-1/)
 * (@laurae-1)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wordpress-automatic-updates/#post-5221232)
 * I’m referencing this documentation…but it doesn’t say exactly where to put the
   line of code at within the file!
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wordpress-automatic-updates/#post-5221236)
 * Obviously you missed it.
 * The codex I referenced says:
 *     ```
       o completely disable all types of automatic updates, core or otherwise, add the following to your wp-config.php file:
        define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true );
       ```
   
 *  [Daniel Kanchev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielkanchev/)
 * (@danielkanchev)
 * SiteGround Representative
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wordpress-automatic-updates/#post-5221242)
 * Hey Laura,
 * You may add the line right after the WP_DEBUG line:
 *     ```
       define('WP_DEBUG', false);
       ```
   
 * As a matter of fact it should work if you also add it after the opening PHP tag.
 *  Thread Starter [LauraE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laurae-1/)
 * (@laurae-1)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wordpress-automatic-updates/#post-5221291)
 * Hi Daniel,
 * Thanks for directing me where to put the line of code at 🙂 I just wanted to 
   make sure I added it correctly, and in the proper place, so as to not risk the
   site getting broke by putting it somewhere it shouldn’t have been..
 * Best Regards,
    Laura

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 * 5 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [LauraE](https://wordpress.org/support/users/laurae-1/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disabling-wordpress-automatic-updates/#post-5221291)
 * Status: resolved

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