Title: WordPress updated automatically?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# WordPress updated automatically?

 *  [Husbarn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/husbarn/)
 * (@husbarn)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updated-automatically/)
 * It is strange, because all my sites updated to the newest version 3.8.1 automatically
   just a few hours ago. Previously i always had to do it manually. Is this something
   new and now wordpress updates automatically?

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updated-automatically/#post-4537845)
 * Since 3.7 WordPress introduced automatic core security updates
    _[http://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring\_Automatic\_Background\_Updates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates)_
 *  [iJemz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ijemz/)
 * (@ijemz)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updated-automatically/#post-4537871)
 * I’m checking in on this too.
 * I received an email today to [wordpress@mydomain.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updated-automatically/wordpress@mydomain.com?output_format=md)
   telling me wordpress had been updated.
 * This seemed very dodgy to me.
 * Is it legit or phishing?
 * J
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updated-automatically/#post-4537875)
 * Please see the page at the link posted above.
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updated-automatically/#post-4537876)
 * Is it asking for anything?
 *  [EclipseDesignConcepts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eclipsedesignconcepts/)
 * (@eclipsedesignconcepts)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updated-automatically/#post-4537917)
 * I will! WHY? I don’t like it. I manage many sites and if it updates automatically
   I have no opportunity to TEST the installation and make sure it won’t break any
   of those sites PUBLICLY first! I don’t want ‘auto update’ ANYTHING on my sites
   because it takes my ability to stop a problem before it happens, out of my hands
   and potentially ticks off a lot of my clients if their sites break. Plus if something
   breaks it gives me tons more work to do than I should, I have no issues doing
   this manually as those few minutes could potentially save me HOURS of time. Is
   there a way to disable this? I DISLIKE IT! This might be the final push that 
   sends me over to Drupal for good. 🙁
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updated-automatically/#post-4537919)
 * [@eclipsedesignconcepts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eclipsedesignconcepts/),
   Are you looking for support?
 *  [EclipseDesignConcepts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eclipsedesignconcepts/)
 * (@eclipsedesignconcepts)
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updated-automatically/#post-4537922)
 * Did you read what I wrote? ” … Is there a way to disable this? …”
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updated-automatically/#post-4537924)
 * Yes, but some people say these things rhetorically. If you’re looking to disable
   it read the resource posted above.

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 * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
 * 8 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-updated-automatically/#post-4537924)
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