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As someone who owns multiple WP installs, I have added "define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', true );" to all my wp-config.php files so that all my installs automatica
by ozh 11y ago
As someone who owns multiple WP installs, I have added "define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', true );" to all my wp-config.php files so that all my installs automatically self update with ALL future updates, minor & major
- makeitsuckless 11y agoAs someone who hasn't bothered with WP in a long while, is there any way to do this safely whilst still using 3rd party plugins and themes?
- girvo 11y agoDepends on the themes and the plugins. Basically: not really, but if you've used a small subset of themes and plugins you should be okay.
- Fradow 11y agoIt is great in theory. In practice, the last auto-update caused a WSOD on my site without any helpful debug log (both on WP and server log) until I manually disabled a (popular) plugin by editing its php file. I wonder how a less tech-savy person would have resolved that. Even being tech-savy, I had to ask someone for help. Updates of core and plugins are always very scary to me.
- Mojah 11y agoIt's a system that's based on trust, but the auto-update that is active in WordPress has saved millions of sites of getting hacked in the last few weeks: https://ma.ttias.be/in-defence-of-wordpress/ https://ma.ttias.be/in-defence-of-wordpress/ As soon as something major breaks by those auto-updates, the trust is over and a lot of users will disable it. That would be a shame indeed, because besides a couple of WSOD's some users may experience, it's an extremely powerful feature.
- federicobond 11y agoThere is also "define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', 'minor' );" which should break a lot less.
- mobiplayer 11y agoHow does it check for new versions? Could it be MITM'd? :-) I've personally no idea, but I hope you asked yourself those questions.