Title: Plugins Auto Update issue
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Plugins Auto Update issue

 *  [practisllc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/practisinc/)
 * (@practisinc)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-auto-update-issue-1/)
 * Since the release of WordPress 4.6 whenever I add a new website to my JetPack
   account, I receive the message “Autoupdates are not available for …. The file
   permissions on this host prevent editing files.” on the plugins page.
 * I have about 300 sites in my Jetpack account already all working fine. I normally
   add about 2 new sites each week.
 * Everything was going smooth until 8/16 when 4.6 was released. Now any new site
   I add is unable to take advantage of auto updates.
 * I am able to install and update plugins from the WordPress control panel, and
   I checked to make sure AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED was set to false.
 * Thank you
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-auto-update-issue-1/#post-7716620)
 * Could you contact your hosting provider and ask them if they use a plugin or 
   mu-plugin to control the way automatic updates are handled on your sites?
 * If they don’t change the way WordPress updates work, could you contact us via
   [this form](http://jetpack.com/contact-support/) so we can run some tests with
   you on your site?
 * Thanks!
 *  [Jan Hajek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hajekj/)
 * (@hajekj)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-auto-update-issue-1/#post-8160738)
 * Hello, I had a similar issue and managed to solve it by adding _define( ‘WP\_AUTO\
   _UPDATE\_CORE’, true );_ into my _wp-config.php_. Basically, without it, the 
   settings from Jetpack ([https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/site-name-or-id](https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/site-name-or-id))
   contained:
    _“file\_mod\_disabled”: [ “wp\_auto\_update\_core\_disabled” ] which
   probably makes WordPress.com/Calypso think that it doesn’t have filesystem permissions.
 * Jan
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 9 months ago by [Jan Hajek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hajekj/).
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 9 months ago by [Jan Hajek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hajekj/).

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 * Last reply from: [Jan Hajek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hajekj/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugins-auto-update-issue-1/#post-8160738)
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