Title: Stop Automatic Updates
Author: Jan Koch
Published: <strong>December 18, 2018</strong>
Last modified: December 18, 2018

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Stop Automatic Updates

 By [Jan Koch](https://profiles.wordpress.org/foack/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/stop-automatic-updates.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stop-automatic-updates/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stop-automatic-updates/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stop-automatic-updates/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stop-automatic-updates/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/stop-automatic-updates/)

## Description

Upon activation, this plugin uses the “automatic_updater_disabled” filter to prevent
automatic updates from being installed.
 It does not offer configuration, not even
an options page in WP Admin.

Simply install and activate the plugin to disable all automatic updates. Deactivate
the plugin to re-enable all automatic updates.

## Installation

You can install the plugin directly from the WP repository or upload the plugin 
via FTP to wp-content/plugins.

## FAQ

  How does this plugin work?

The plugin relies on the “automatic_updater_disabled” filter to stop WordPress from
installing any automatic update.
 More info here: https://developer.wordpress.org/
reference/hooks/automatic_updater_disabled/

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Stop Automatic Updates” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Jan Koch ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/foack/)

“Stop Automatic Updates” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/stop-automatic-updates/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “Stop Automatic Updates” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/stop-automatic-updates)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stop-automatic-updates/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/stop-automatic-updates/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/stop-automatic-updates/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/stop-automatic-updates/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.7.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.0.25**
 *  Languages
 * [Dutch (Belgium)](https://nl-be.wordpress.org/plugins/stop-automatic-updates/)
   and [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stop-automatic-updates/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/stop-automatic-updates)
 * Tag
 * [updates](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/updates/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stop-automatic-updates/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Jan Koch ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/foack/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/stop-automatic-updates/)

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