After a certain version of WordPress, it will automatically detect whether there is an update version for your website. If there is an update, it will actively help you upgrade your website.
Personally, I don’t worry about this automatic update function; I have a schedule to back up files twice a day.
And I have done several exercises on the local side to restore the backup website to local side, so I am not worried that the website will suddenly crash due to automatic updates.
But this is not the case with my friend. He is more cautious by nature. He is different from me, who is casual and wants to go up as soon as there is an update. He hopes that whether to update is all in his hands, and WordPress cannot be overridden.
I studied with him how to disable automatic updates, and finally I wrote this article as a record.
Method 1: Use Easy Updates Manager plugin to manage updates
On the install plugin page, search for “updates manager” to find it. Install it can activate it.
Set in Control Panel > Updates options.
As you can see, there are quite a few operations we can perform.
- Disable all updates: You can enable or disable all updates
- Quick configuration actions: This is a quick configuration. In addition to the default settings it provides, you can also use the Custom button to make the configuration you need, instead of slowly adjusting each item
- WordPress core updates: WordPress core updates
- Plugins updates: Plugin update options
- Theme updates: Theme update options
- Translation updates: Translation update options
Method 2: edit wp-config.php file
This method is also the most common on the Internet, but is not recommended by WordPress to modify the wp-config.php, please add them directly to the end of file.
Disable all automatic updates
define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true );Disable WordPress core updates
define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', false );References
- https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-disable-automatic-updates-in-wordpress/
- https://wpengine.com/resources/disable-auto-update/