Title: Automatic updates delayed 24h
Last modified: June 23, 2026

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# Automatic updates delayed 24h

 *  Resolved [wanderndeluxe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wanderndeluxe/)
 * (@wanderndeluxe)
 * [2 weeks, 1 day ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates-delayed-24h/)
 * Hi guys!
 * As it seems, WordPress has introduced a new 24h delay in rolling out automatic
   updates for plugins (see: [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tonyzeoli_yes-wordpress-offers-automated-plugin-and-share-7472273513786298368-VDQA/](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tonyzeoli_yes-wordpress-offers-automated-plugin-and-share-7472273513786298368-VDQA/)).
   As far as I understand this happens for security reasons: there have been cases,
   where malicious code has been distributed via automatic updates.
 * This has an impact on your plugin as well: At the moment, when I get a notication
   via NinjaFirewall, that a security update is available, I am not able to install
   this update immediately (due to the 24h delay) from the wordpress dashboard in
   the backend.
 * I wanted to inform you about this discrepancy. Maybe you want to change your 
   notification message with a future release or send a second notification/reminder
   as soon as the plugin update is available for distribution.
 * What do you think about this?

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 *  Plugin Contributor [bruandet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bruandet/)
 * (@bruandet)
 * [2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates-delayed-24h/#post-18946709)
 * I’m aware of it, but I don’t think there’s a way to know when exactly the plugin
   will be available for auto update from your WordPress dashboard.
   As it is a security
   issue, I recommend you manually update it as soon as you receive NinajFirewall’s
   notification. That’s important because during that 24-hour window, a hacker who
   noticed that was a security update could attack your site.

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 * Last activity: [2 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates-delayed-24h/#post-18946709)
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