Title: Automatically update plugins and core
Last modified: February 19, 2021

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# Automatically update plugins and core

 *  [alexiirj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexiirj/)
 * (@alexiirj)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-update-plugins-and-core/)
 * I have been for now search for a good way to update whatever needs updating automatically.
   I have tried some plugins it didn’t work and I tried the following code in function.
   php what is the best way to keep WordPress updated? No other in no other platform
   you have to deal with such matter, you never see update notification for example
   in Shopify why is WordPress making it so hard?

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 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-update-plugins-and-core/#post-14071935)
 * Plugin and theme auto update was added to WP in version 5.5.
    Core WP auto update
   was added to WP in version 5.6.
 *  Thread Starter [alexiirj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexiirj/)
 * (@alexiirj)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-update-plugins-and-core/#post-14078118)
 * but its not updating I have already updated to the latest version of wordpress
   but I always have to update manually. I don’t see the option Enable auto update
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-update-plugins-and-core/#post-14091689)
 * One of the developers (Paul Biron) replied to my query on this:
 * > for plugins, have them go to the Plugins screen and click `Enable Auto-updates`
   > for any plugin they want. For themes, it’s on Appearance > Themes , then `Theme
   > Details`. For core it’s on Dashboard > Updates. If they are not seeing those,
   > then it’s likely one of a few things:
   > 1. they have one of the constants (e.g., `AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED` ) defined
   > such that auto-updates are prevented
   >  2. their site is a multisite, in which
   > case they need to be a super admin (and the locations where they go to enable
   > auto-updates is different) 3. they’ve got a plugin activated that is disabling
   > auto-updates (which is unlikely)
 *  Thread Starter [alexiirj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alexiirj/)
 * (@alexiirj)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-update-plugins-and-core/#post-14130680)
 * Bingo,
    that did the trick, now the only problem is I can see in new wordpress
   when you hover over plugins it tells you whether or not you want to enable auto
   update that option is not showing for me. but it does the updates automatically
   anyway.
 *  [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-update-plugins-and-core/#post-14135582)
 * I don’t know why it’s showing only on hover. It should show all the time. Perhaps
   you have a plugin that is affecting the Plugins list.

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## Tags

 * [update plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/update-plugin/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 5 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatically-update-plugins-and-core/#post-14135582)
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