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Update plugins automatically

1. aneeskA
   Inactive

   It will be a time saver if wordpress can automatically update the plugins when new versions are released. For people like me who maintain more than 3 sites, it will be very useful.

   Posted: 3 years ago #

2. Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
   Administrator

   Use this: http://wordpress.org/plugins/automatic-updater/

   Posted: 3 years ago #

3. aneeskA
   Inactive

   Thank you! :)

   Posted: 3 years ago #

4. Nguyên Hùng
   Member

   i think wordpress should do it itself better than using plugin !

   Posted: 3 years ago #

5. aneeskA
   Inactive

   Yes. Ideally wordpress should. But unfortunately it is still missing. May be in some future releases they add the feature to the core itself :)

   Posted: 3 years ago #

6. Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
   Administrator

   The feature is in core, however right now , because it won't work for everyone, it's disabled for all but minor WP upgrades. The end goal is for themes, plugins, and major WP versions to auto update. We will get thee eventually.

   For now, use the plugin which only activates those hidden, disabled, features :)

   Posted: 3 years ago #

7. aneeskA
   Inactive

   oh! That's a comforting news! Thank you for your effort! Please get it working as soon as possible.

   Posted: 3 years ago #

8. Albert Lugosi
   Member

   12345

   It is a good idea to have automatic updates. My suggestion is to have the option to turn it on and off by plugin, theme, etc. For example, a broken plugin can ruin an entire site. In this case it is better be of a former version.

   Posted: 3 years ago #

9. leethompson
   Inactive

   Automatic updates, can cause issues to some websites, not all plugins will be compatible with newer versions of WordPress. I would like to see updates categorized by severity. Then a email goes out to the admin, that there are updates available.

   Lee

   Posted: 3 years ago #

10. htruh
    Member

    Automatic update plugins i think is not a very good idea. Not all user want to try a new version of Plugin just because they are so familiar with the old version. And some time as @leethompson said, not all plugins will be compatible with newer versions of WordPress.
    Let the admin of the site decide whether or not update some plugins still a good ideas.

    Htruh

    Posted: 1 month ago #

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