Title: disable auto update?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# disable auto update?

 *  [darling m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/darling-m/)
 * (@darling-m)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-auto-update-1/)
 * hi WP friends, Im a WP user, not understanding programming language, which works
   fine most of the time
 * All my sites are in WordPress, and Ive suffered an enormous damage in connection
   w. auto update, 4.3.1, that destroyed themes and plugin setups
 * It takes soooo many hours of my life to try to repair this damage, in this case
   replace all themes and start from scratch – and chances are that it will happen
   again any time, as I have no control of the update parameters
 * SO, Im looking for advice, as I like the WP platform, and spend a lot of time
   learning and building sites – but, Im ready to quit, and look for an alternative,
   as it seriously damages my work and life quality if I have to start over at random.
 * Does someone have some fresh advice?
    Thank you in advance greetings

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 *  [MarkRH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markrh/)
 * (@markrh)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-auto-update-1/#post-6813478)
 * To stop automatic updates, edit your **wp-config.php** file and add the following:
 *     ```
       # DISABLE WORDPRESS UPDATES
       define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true );
       ```
   
 * Then, you can update when you are ready to deal with what may or may not happen.
   Info: [https://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates](https://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates)
 *  [ThemeMoz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thememoz/)
 * (@thememoz)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-auto-update-1/#post-6813488)
 * YOu can try this plugin: [https://wordpress.org/plugins/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/)
 * Including [@markrh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markrh/) I am leaving
   some moret ips to stop auto update for themes and plugins:
 * Disable automatic WordPress plugin updates:
 * `add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', '__return_false' );`
 * Disable automatic WordPress theme updates:
 * `add_filter( 'auto_update_theme', '__return_false' );`

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## Tags

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

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [ThemeMoz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thememoz/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/disable-auto-update-1/#post-6813488)
 * Status: not resolved

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