Title: stop auto updating wordpress
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# stop auto updating wordpress

 *  Resolved [jrobie23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrobie23/)
 * (@jrobie23)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-auto-updating-wordpress/)
 * can’t believe there is nobody else asking about this.. How do I (is it possible)
   to stop wordfence from automatically updating my wordpress version???
    I love
   the other features, but updating wordpress core files while I’m asleep is simply
   insane!! Where can I shut this off?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/)

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 *  [doublesharp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doublesharp/)
 * (@doublesharp)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-auto-updating-wordpress/#post-4791989)
 * That’s not Wordfence, it’s built into WordPress – [https://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#Automatic_Background_Updates](https://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#Automatic_Background_Updates),
   options for configuring/disabling can be found here – [https://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates#Update_Configuration](https://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates#Update_Configuration)
 *  Thread Starter [jrobie23](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jrobie23/)
 * (@jrobie23)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-auto-updating-wordpress/#post-4791992)
 * wow… thanks for the quick post… The first time I’ve seen it happen so it must
   have just coincided with my installation of wordfence (which is awesome, by the
   way!)
 * Thanks for the education!!
 *  Plugin Author [Mark Maunder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmaunder/)
 * (@mmaunder)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-auto-updating-wordpress/#post-4792193)
 * Glad you like Wordfence and that solved this.
 * Regards,
 * Mark.

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 * Last reply from: [Mark Maunder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmaunder/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/stop-auto-updating-wordpress/#post-4792193)
 * Status: resolved