Title: WordPress 4.0 updates automatically?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# WordPress 4.0 updates automatically?

 *  Resolved [EnderWiggin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/enderwiggin/)
 * (@enderwiggin)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-40-updates-automatically/)
 * I logged on to my 3.9.2 WP dashboard this morning and had a message about updating
   the database.
 * How the hell did WP update it self to 4.0 automatically? I thought it ONLY did
   this for smaller incremental updates like 3.9.1 to 3.9.2, not for bigger updated
   like 3.9 to 4.0.

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 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-40-updates-automatically/#post-5269791)
 * It doesn’t auto update major versions, unless you have specifically changed something
   to force it to do so, or unless your web host upgraded it for you (some do).
 *  Thread Starter [EnderWiggin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/enderwiggin/)
 * (@enderwiggin)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-40-updates-automatically/#post-5269798)
 * That is what I thought about major update versions. And I installed WP manually,
   so it shouldn’t have done this. I will have to set it not to update automatically
   if this happens again.
 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-40-updates-automatically/#post-5269801)
 * Did you set any custom defines to configure the auto updates?
 * More info:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates#Constant_to_Configure_Core_Updates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates#Constant_to_Configure_Core_Updates)
 *  Thread Starter [EnderWiggin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/enderwiggin/)
 * (@enderwiggin)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-40-updates-automatically/#post-5269809)
 * I just checked the backup of my 3.9.2 wp-config.php file and there are none, 
   so I will add the following to ensure this never happens again.
 * fine( ‘WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE’, minor );
 * Thanks for your help.
 *  [iandbanks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandbanks/)
 * (@iandbanks)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-40-updates-automatically/#post-5269999)
 * This happened to me too for two different client websites. Nothing was set to
   tell WP to update major versions, and my company hosts these clients so it wasn’t
   a host automated update.
 * What the heck is going on?

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 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [iandbanks](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iandbanks/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-40-updates-automatically/#post-5269999)
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