Title: wp_maybe_auto_update
Published: December 18, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# do_action( ‘wp_maybe_auto_update’ )

## In this article

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

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Fires during wp_cron, starting the auto-update process.

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

    ```php
    do_action( 'wp_maybe_auto_update' );
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/update.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/update.php#L337)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/update.php#L337-L337)

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

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

Checks WordPress version against the newest version.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [3.9.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.9.0/) | Introduced. |

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