Title: Site Security Warning
Last modified: May 22, 2025

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# Site Security Warning

 *  [sehackett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sehackett/)
 * (@sehackett)
 * [11 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-security-warning/)
 * I am getting this message on the dashboard but have no idea how to fix this:
 * Background updates ensure that WordPress can auto-update if a security update
   is released for the version you are currently using.
    - Error The `WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE` constant is defined as `'false'`
    - Error All automatic updates are disabled.
 * Can you please help?

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [11 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-security-warning/#post-18479125)
 * The definition could be in any number of places. Most commonly it is by code 
   added to wp-config.php. If you find the definition code there, you can either
   delete it, or make it into a comment by adding `//` to the head of the line.
 * If it’s not there, it’s likely withing your theme or one of your plugins. Try
   swapping themes and deactivating plugins to isolate the responsible module. Alternately,
   search the entire installation for `WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE` using a recursive full
   text search utility such as `grep` or `findstr` (requires terminal or command
   prompt access).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 1 reply
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * Last activity: [11 months, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/site-security-warning/#post-18479125)
 * Status: not resolved

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