Title: Plugin Manager – automatic plugin update management feature
Last modified: January 4, 2018

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# Plugin Manager – automatic plugin update management feature

 *  [MKSnMKS](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mksnmks/)
 * (@mksnmks)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-manager-automatic-plugin-update-management-feature/)
 * Possible new feature to have ;
    **automatic plugin update management**
 * **General Problem**
    A user may be keen to have the latest plugin updates (and
   WP,themes,translations). But some plugins may be critical to the site’s operation
   and they sometimes require other manual tests and checks to be done, before an
   update should be done. So this means that the site can not have various items
   automatically updated. Some plugins can be automatically updated, and some may
   not, and some could from time to time.
 * **Solution**
    It would be handy to allow the user to assign any of the following(
   which ever is easiest to implement); a) mark plugins which should not be automatically
   updated b) mark plugins which should be automatically updated c) mark plugins
   which can be updated automatically for the next subversions, but not the next
   main version d) make a setting to automatically update or not-update all plugins
   unless otherwise set e) possibly create a defacto standard for plugins to announce
   to a WP site, whether the author recommends an auto-update, or if precautions
   are needed before continuing with an update. So the plugin can over-ride a users
   setting for an automatic update -for safety. f) similar settings for translations,
   themes, and wordpress (but these are probably presently beyond the scope of this
   plugin – though may also be not too difficult to expand to).
 * I hope some of these are of interest.
    Thanks

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