Title: Auto-update even when disabled
Last modified: May 30, 2023

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# Auto-update even when disabled

 *  Resolved [stylise](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stylise/)
 * (@stylise)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-even-when-disabled/)
 * I had this plugin auto-update today from version 12.1 to 12.1.1 even though that
   setting is disabled. Why did that happen?

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 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-even-when-disabled/#post-16781933)
 * This update was different from the typical plugin updates, and it did indeed 
   bypass your individual plugin’s automatic update settings.
 * This version of Jetpack included [a critical security update](https://jetpack.com/blog/jetpack-12-1-1-critical-security-update/),
   and we worked with the WordPress.org Security team to automatically update all
   sites running the Jetpack plugin to a safe version. That special update process
   is highlighted [in this WordPress.org document](https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/plugin-security/#automatic-plugin-security-updates).
 * I hope this clarifies things a bit.
 *  [semoliner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/semoliner/)
 * (@semoliner)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-even-when-disabled/#post-16784427)
 * How do I disable this “override” for the automatic update of the Jetpack plugin?
   I am trying to trace the cause of an issue and the only way I can do that effectively
   is to revert back to the previous versions of all plugins that have updated over
   the last few days, monitor for whether the issue persists, and then update each
   plugin one-by-one over the coming days and monitor for the issue. Jetpack has
   stymied this process by overriding my settings. I can easily downgrade manually
   to the previous version again but it really doesn’t help when Jetpack will immediately
   reverse this process.
 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-even-when-disabled/#post-16784945)
 * You can follow [the instructions in the document I linked to above](https://developer.wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-org/plugin-security/#how-can-i-disable-automatic-updates)
   to disable automatic updates.
 * In practice, to disable plugin updates only, you can add the following code snippet
   to a functionality plugin on your site:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', '__return_false' );
       ```
   
 *  [semoliner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/semoliner/)
 * (@semoliner)
 * [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-even-when-disabled/#post-16785120)
 * Thanks [@jeherve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)

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 * Last reply from: [semoliner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/semoliner/)
 * Last activity: [3 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/auto-update-even-when-disabled/#post-16785120)
 * Status: resolved