Easy Updates Manager

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 94% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Larry

   2mo ago

   Does an amazing job of keeping my website up to date.

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2. ★★★★★ Jason

   2mo ago

   It works well; but I don’t like how it takes over so much of the native systems. This topic was modified 3 weeks, 6 days ago by Jason. This topic was modified 3 weeks, 6 days ago by Jason.

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3. ★★★★★ mariogroleau

   4mo ago

   Very usefull, sometime the update of Mailpoet plugin cause a site crash, I prefer to keep it with manual update others are set to automatic update. Thank you for this very nice tool! Mario

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4. ★★★★★ Havyarimana Fabien

   5mo ago

   Easy of use, lightweight, powerful features at no cost. UpdraftPlus team deserves thanks!

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5. ★★★★★ albanlzdesign

   7mo ago

   Men like you do the job others can’t apparently do

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6. ★★★★★ CarpeDiemTim

   8mo ago

   I used this on all my WordPress sites, and it’s nice that you can pick and choose which plugins you want auto-updated.

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7. ★★★★★ jorgeml20

   9mo ago

   Easy automatic updates in WordPress.

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8. ★★★★★ Jim Burke

   10mo ago

   great product, easy to use

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2026-05-13 Version 9.0.21 SECURITY: Fix a non-persistent reflected XSS vulnerability due to a missing validation and output escaping on the “paged” URL argument. This could allow an attacker, who persuaded you to click a personally-crafted link t 9.0.21
2. 2025-12-08 Version 9.0.20 REFACTOR: Safeguard the calls to PHP’s unserialize() function by specifying the “allow_classes” parameter to false to prevent code from being loaded and executed due to object instantiation and autoloading TWEAK: Early p 9.0.20
3. 2024-11-12 Version 9.0.19 FIX: Misreporting of plugin’s update statuses in notification emails, which were labeled “success” instead of the appropriate designation of “failed” TWEAK: Improve the strategy for using an associative array to filter o 9.0.19
4. 2024-07-10 Version 9.0.18 FIX: Couldn’t reactivate plugins due to plugin dependency issues (Premium) TWEAK: Allow auto-updates event from other plugins to take place only if it’s in the same exact schedule with the auto-updates scheduling feature 9.0.18
5. 2023-08-09 Version 9.0.17 TWEAK: Do not show incorrect information regarding plugins which were no longer maintained by the author caused by Premium plugins which don’t set all the field values seen with wordpress.org TWEAK: Include thorough vers 9.0.17
6. 2023-05-22 Version 9.0.16 TWEAK: (Premium) New ability of the automatic update scheduling feature where now the user can individually select what days are allowed or not allowed for updates to be run on the 3, 6, 12 hours and daily schedule setti 9.0.16

2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.1 Easy Updates Manager <= 9.0.20 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'paged' Parameter ↗
   2026-05-27 CVE-2026-7660 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 9.0.20 Patched in 9.0.21
2. Medium · 4.3 Stops Core Theme And Plugin Updates <= 8.0.4 - Insufficient Restrictions on Option Changes ↗
   2019-03-28 CVE-2019-15650 Improper Authorization Affects <= 8.0.4 Patched in 8.0.5

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 67 languages, 8 at 90% or more

Plus 43 more locales with partial translations.

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Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Ignore Or Disable Plugin Update 200+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags B
• Disable All WordPress Updates 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Disable Updates – Updates Manager, Disable Automatic Updates, Disable All Updates 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• KK-UPDATE-CONTROL — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Disable All Update & Notification — installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Disable Updates for WordPress Core, Plugins and Themes 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B

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Easy Updates Manager: 300K+ active installs, 4.8★ (724 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates