Title: Automatic Updates
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Automatic Updates

 *  [Bloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloke/)
 * (@bloke)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates/)
 * I have some sites with WP 3.7 and they do not auto update. Actually this is what
   I prefer but I never made any changes to block the updates. I have another site
   with WP 3.8 and I just got an email that it updated. Why would my WP 3.7 sites
   not try to auto update?

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 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates/#post-4540040)
 * it won’t skip between 3.7 to 3.8 gaps, it’ll do small updates like 3.7.1 to 3.7.2
   automatically
 *  Thread Starter [Bloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloke/)
 * (@bloke)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates/#post-4540173)
 * But my Sites that are on 3.7 have not done any updates but my site at 3.8 went
   to 3.8.1
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates/#post-4540174)
 * Yes, it’ll automatically update 3.8 to 3.8.1, but not 3.7 to 3.8
 *  Thread Starter [Bloke](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bloke/)
 * (@bloke)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates/#post-4540182)
 * I thought the automatic update feature started with 3.7
 *  [Andrew Nevins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/anevins/)
 * (@anevins)
 * WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates/#post-4540183)
 * Automatic updates were introduced in WordPress 3.7, yes. Sorry I’m not sure I
   understand what the issue is
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates/#post-4540192)
 * Auto-updates are only done between **minor** versions, as Andrew said. So 3.7
   will go to 3.7.1 automatically, but it will **not** go to 3.8 automatically, 
   since that’s a **major** version.
 * So for example:
 * YES: 3.7 -> 3.7.1 -> 3.7.2, 3.7.3 etc.
 * NO: 3.7 -> 3.8 -> 3.9 etc.
 * If you want to enable auto-updates for major versions (like 3.7 -> 3.8) you can
   do that, but it’s a little risky for a production machine where you probably 
   want to test plugins first:
 * [http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-enable-automatic-updates-in-wordpress-for-major-releases/](http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-enable-automatic-updates-in-wordpress-for-major-releases/)
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates/#post-4540193)
 * To be clear, your 3.7 sites may have missed the 3.7.1 auto-update period or may
   not be able to auto-update for any one of a number of reasons. To find out whether
   a specific site is capable of auto-updating, you can run this plugin:
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/background-update-tester/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/background-update-tester/)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 7 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-updates/#post-4540193)
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