{"id":122982,"date":"2013-10-26T11:30:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T15:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.org\/?p=122982"},"modified":"2013-10-25T00:45:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T04:45:20","slug":"how-to-turn-off-automatic-updates-in-wordpress-3-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmudev.com\/blog\/how-to-turn-off-automatic-updates-in-wordpress-3-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Turn Off Automatic Updates in WordPress 3.7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Automatic core updates are now part of WordPress, thanks to the release of version 3.7 yesterday, and while it is an “opt-out” feature, developers will be pleased to know it’s possible to switch it off.<\/p>\n

WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg has made no secret of his desire for auto-updates, flagging the idea in his State of the Word address in 2012. At the time, Mullenweg said he admired Google Chrome’s approach \u2013 the browser software is always automatically kept up-to-date without users necessarily knowing version of Chrome they’re running.<\/p>\n

But not all WordPress users have welcomed the feature, with many asking for a way to turn it off<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this Weekend WordPress Project, I’ll show you how to switch off automatic core updates.<\/p>\n

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So How Do I Turn Auto-Updates?<\/h3>\n

The WordPress admin area doesn’t have an “Off” switch built into the UI, but you can disable automatic updates by adding the following code to your wp-config.php<\/em> file:<\/p>\n

define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true );<\/code><\/p>\n

There are a couple of other methods developers should know about:<\/p>\n