Dashboard Plugin Disable Auto Update not working

  • Resolved Cheerycops

    (@davercheshire)


    3 years, 7 months ago

    Hi, I cannot disable auto-update from the plugin admin page. The plugins refuse to change to auto-update disabled? There are no setting in wp_config.php which are present to control updates. I noticed this as I was getting a lot of emails about plugins auto updating and seeing no updates required in the dashboard.

    version 5.5.1–en_GB

    Any suggestions gratefully received.

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  • Niall Madhoo

    (@nm1com)

    3 years, 7 months ago

    Hi @davercheshire,

    It’s possible that there is a setting in your functions.php file or a plugin that’s forcing the updates.

    You could try using a plugin like Easy Updates Manager to control the updates: https://wordpress.org/plugins/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/

    Thread Starter Cheerycops

    (@davercheshire)

    3 years, 7 months ago

    Hi there Niall

    I think I have found the issue, there appears to be in wp_content/mu-pulgins and file auto_update_themes_plugins.php. Removing this allows me to toggle successfully. I do not know how it got there.

    <?php
/**
 * @package auto_update_themes_plugins
 * @version 0.1
 */
/*
Plugin Name: auto_update_themes_plugins
Description: automatically update themes and plugins
Author: Callum D. Campbell
Version: 0.1
*/
/**
 * $Id: auto_update_themes_plugins.php 552 2015-03-13 12:23:09Z CallumCampbell $
 * $AUTODEPLOY: root@admintools:/usr/local/provisioning/source/wordpress_components/wp-content/mu-plugins$
 */
add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', '__return_true' );
add_filter( 'auto_update_theme', '__return_true' );
?>

    Thanks for helping!

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Cheerycops.
    Niall Madhoo

    (@nm1com)

    3 years, 7 months ago

    You’re welcome! You can read more about Must-Use plugins (MU plugins) here: https://www.sitepoint.com/wordpress-mu-plugins/. It’s possible that your web host or something else installed the plugin by default when WordPress was installed.

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