Title: Cannot disable plugin auto-updates (5.5)
Last modified: August 18, 2020

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# Cannot disable plugin auto-updates (5.5)

 *  Resolved [andrewmcbride](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewmcbride/)
 * (@andrewmcbride)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-disable-plugin-auto-updates-5-5/)
 * Does anyone know why plugin updates would all be enabled with no option to click
   and disable? It is grayed-out.
 * I run quite a few websites and have two with the issue. There’s nothing in the
   website health screen that’s critical and nothing worth mentioning in recommended.
 * Theme has been ruled out. Plugins have been disabled and the issue still persist.
   I’ve tried reinstalling WP 5.5 as well. The sites and servers are all configured
   the same.

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 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-disable-plugin-auto-updates-5-5/#post-13277875)
 * check you wp-config file for define code that talks about the auto updater.
 * There are a few different definitions that could have been added.
 * One is:
    `define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true );`
 * Also, I’d suggest making sure that your theme has not added the following code
   to the functions.php file. It never hurts to double/triple check.
 *     ```
       add_filter( 'plugins_auto_update_enabled', '__return_false' );
       add_filter( 'themes_auto_update_enabled', '__return_false' );
       ```
   
 *  Thread Starter [andrewmcbride](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrewmcbride/)
 * (@andrewmcbride)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-disable-plugin-auto-updates-5-5/#post-13282747)
 * Thank you [@binarywc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)!
 * The child theme functions.php file had both of those filters set to true so it
   was locked in.
 * This fixed the issue.
 *  [bravenewniche](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bravenewniche/)
 * (@bravenewniche)
 * [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-disable-plugin-auto-updates-5-5/#post-13527514)
 * Another thing to check for:
 * If jquery has been broken by updating to WordPress 5.5, checking boxes on the
   plugins page and trying to disable or enable auto-updating won’t work.
 * You’ll need the Enable jQuery Migrate Helper plugin to temporarily restore jQuery
   Migrate until the plugin(s) or theme causing the break are fixed.

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## Tags

 * [WordPress 5.5](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-5-5/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [bravenewniche](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bravenewniche/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-disable-plugin-auto-updates-5-5/#post-13527514)
 * Status: resolved

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