May 19

How to Disable Automatic Updates in WordPress Themes?

If you are committed to WordPress themes, you probably know that since version 3.7, in addition to the emergence of new features and security patches, the team added an interesting feature - automatic updates. WordPress 3.7 and higher versions can now be updated automatically in the background without notice and without asking permission administrator. This function is designed to improve stability and security sites.

Premium WordPress themes will be updated automatically only to intermediate versions that contain minor changes - in most cases these are technical releases. That is, to move from version 3.7 to 3.7.1 or 3.8.1 to 3.8.2 does not require administrator intervention. Notice of a new version of a proposal to upgrade WordPress will only be release major version, such as the transition from 3.8.x to 3.9.

How to disable automatic updates in free/premium WordPress themes?

After installing any of premium WordPress themes in the Admin Console will link to the page with the checking result. In my case, all checks passed and blog supports automatic updates, great. From the results it can be concluded that to support this function, the following conditions:

The installed version of WordPress engine can reliably communicate with any of 8Theme products;
Do not use the version of control systems;
It does not require access to the FTP to install updates;
WordPress files can be overwritten.

In such way you were able to find out if it supports automatic updates. Of course, this function will be useful for most users WordPress. Then why did it turn off? Here are some examples from personal experience, when an update, especially without the knowledge of the administrator, can backfire.

2 ways to disable the automatic update:

Plugin Update Control. This is a simple and fast way to get more control over updates. You can access the settings plug-in menu Options -> General (scroll down the page below to Automatic Updates). The plugin is the best solution for those who are not particularly well versed in the code and is not willing to deal with editing the configuration file. In addition, the plug-in is able to manage updates installed themes and plugins.

Setting the Configuration File. Compared to the above first method, the second does not need to install additional plug-ins. If you want to disable everything upgrade WordPress, add the following code to the configuration file wp-config.php:

define ('WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', false); If you want to enable automatic updates of all available, you need to add the following code: define ('WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', true); If you want to restore the default, that is, allow installation of only small updates WordPress, use the following line of code: define ('WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', 'minor');

If you have a blog with WordPress themes set with outdated plugins or manually edit the kernel, in that case, I recommend that you disable the automatic update of WordPress themes and always check the compatibility of themes and plugins with the latest version of WordPress. After a manual update check their performance and in case of conflict versions do a rollback. Please, appeal to specialists from 8Theme team if you have any problems with disabling automatic updates on your WordPress site.