Title: allow_dev_auto_core_updates
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: February 24, 2026

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# apply_filters( ‘allow_dev_auto_core_updates’, bool $upgrade_dev )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/allow_dev_auto_core_updates/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/allow_dev_auto_core_updates/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/allow_dev_auto_core_updates/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/allow_dev_auto_core_updates/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Filters whether to enable automatic core updates for development versions.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/allow_dev_auto_core_updates/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$upgrade_dev`bool

Whether to enable automatic updates for development versions.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/allow_dev_auto_core_updates/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    if ( ! apply_filters( 'allow_dev_auto_core_updates', $upgrade_dev ) ) {
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-admin/includes/class-core-upgrader.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-core-upgrader.php#L357)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-admin/includes/class-core-upgrader.php#L357-L357)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/allow_dev_auto_core_updates/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [core_auto_updates_settings()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/core_auto_updates_settings/)`wp-admin/update-core.php` |

Display WordPress auto-updates settings.

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| [WP_Site_Health_Auto_Updates::test_accepts_dev_updates()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_site_health_auto_updates/test_accepts_dev_updates/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-site-health-auto-updates.php` |

Checks if the install is using a development branch and can use nightly packages.

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| [Core_Upgrader::should_update_to_version()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/core_upgrader/should_update_to_version/)`wp-admin/includes/class-core-upgrader.php` |

Determines if this WordPress Core version should update to an offered version or not.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/allow_dev_auto_core_updates/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.7.0/) | Introduced. |

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