Title: Automatic Updates
Last modified: September 8, 2016

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# Automatic Updates

 *  Resolved [herbsmithinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/herbsmithinc/)
 * (@herbsmithinc)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates-9/)
 * I have a couple of websites still functioning with WordPress 4.5.4 and one with
   4.6.1. When 4.6.1 rolled out, my one site automatically updated. I am one that
   like to oversee the transition of the updates to I can see what is going on in
   real time if something were to happen. My question is, is there still the option
   of not having the automatic updates with WordPress or is that a plugin needed
   now or come PHP added to the functions.php file? Any insight into this would 
   be really helpful.
 * Thanks,

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 *  [David Artiss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dartiss/)
 * (@dartiss)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates-9/#post-8159841)
 * Yes, you can find out more here, including how to switch this off… [https://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates](https://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates)
 * However, it’s worth noting that major updates aren’t automatic, only bug fixes
   and security updates – the kind of thing unlikely to break things but make your
   site more resilient and secure. I certainly wouldn’t recommend turning this off
   🙂
 *  Thread Starter [herbsmithinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/herbsmithinc/)
 * (@herbsmithinc)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates-9/#post-8159861)
 * So it wouldn’t necessarily automatically update from 4.6 to 4.7, but the updates
   like 4.6 to 4.6.1 update automatically because they are just a derivative of 
   the main update?
 *  [David Artiss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dartiss/)
 * (@dartiss)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates-9/#post-8159917)
 * It’s more definite than that – it won’t update from 4.6 to 4.7! A major release
   such as that will require a manual update. So, yes, 4.6 to 4.6.1 will be automatic
   by default – not so much because it’s derivative but because such minor point
   releases will only be fixes top broken or insecure code.
 *  Thread Starter [herbsmithinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/herbsmithinc/)
 * (@herbsmithinc)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates-9/#post-8159972)
 * Ok, that actually helps me understand that process a lot more. Thank You!
 *  [David Artiss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dartiss/)
 * (@dartiss)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates-9/#post-8160111)
 * You’re welcome 🙂 If you could set this post to “resolved” it would be appreciated.

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates-9/#post-8160111)
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