Enable Automatic Plugin Updates in WordPress Without Code

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David Hayes / October 19, 2017 Posted In: Using WordPress Difficulty: Beginner

One of the best things you can do for security it run updates in WordPress often, ideally as soon as they're available. Making WordPress automatically pull in plugin updates for you is a great way to make that happen. This can be done with code, but there's actually a great plugin that lets you get this feature from just install it. It's called "Automatic Plugin Updates".

There are a few really cool features of the Automatic Plugin Updates plugin. One that should comfort some people who are hesitant to let all their plugins update automatically all the time is the fact that it has a settings screen where you can turn off the automatic updates for certain plugins. I know that I'm most scared to update WooCommerce, but which plugin(s) you turn it off for is really up to you.

Here's the video explaining:

And if text is more your speed:

Install and activate the "Automatic Plugin Updates" plugin. It's by White Fir Designs.

That's it.

If you want, go to "Settings > Automatic Plugin Updates" and select the plugins that you *don't* want to automatically update. Hit "Save Changes".

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