apply_filters( “auto_update_{$type}”, bool|null $update, object $item )

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   Jer Clarke 3 years ago

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   Note that the filters mentioned above will not stop WP from visiting the update endpoints using the HTTP API. The following URLs will be checked on a regular bases even with the filters above set to disable updates:

   https://api.wordpress.org/core/version-check/...
https://api.wordpress.org/plugins/update-check/...
https://api.wordpress.org/themes/update-check/...


   If you want to completely stop update checking, e.g. for performance reasons while coding or during acceptance testing, removing the following filters will ensure that the update endpoints are not checked:

   /**
* ! These actually stop the HTTP API requests!
* Copied from WP_Customize_Manager->construct()
*/
remove_action( 'admin_init', '_maybe_update_core' );
remove_action( 'admin_init', '_maybe_update_plugins' );
remove_action( 'admin_init', '_maybe_update_themes' );

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   thejaydip 3 years ago

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   add the code snippet to disable automatic WordPress plugin updates.

   add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', '__return_false' );

   add the code snippet to disable automatic WordPress themes updates.

   add_filter( 'auto_update_theme', '__return_false' );
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   Dev Kabir 1 year ago

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   To enable automatic updates for a plugin programmatically, you can use the WordPress functions and filters available. Here’s an example of how you can achieve this:

   /**
    * Enable automatic updates for a specific plugin.
    *
    * @param boolean $value Current auto-update status.
    * @param object  $item  Plugin update object.
    * @return boolean Updated auto-update status.
    */
   function wpdocs_enable_plugin_auto_updates( $value, $item ) {
       if ( 'your-plugin-slug' === $item->slug ) {
           return true; // Enable auto-updates for the specified plugin
       }
   
       return $value; // Preserve auto-update status for other plugins
   }
   add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', 'wpdocs_enable_plugin_auto_updates', 10, 2 );
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   jmckinneyocp 6 months ago

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   There’s an open issue to document the “update offer” parameter: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/51126