WP Auto Updater

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% 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. ★★★★★ David Perez

   1.8y ago

   I’m start using this plugins to all websites I manage.

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2. ★★★★★ saulvol

   1.9y ago

   plugin doesn’t work

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3. ★★★★★ kodeo

   3.5y ago

   The Schedule updates works better than premium plugin “Easy Update Manager”

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4. ★★★★★ weboersma

   4.2y ago

   No problems. The option to set a time, also when the interval is a week, is very useful.

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5. ★★★★★ Sten

   5.4y ago

   Lightweight plugin with all settings which you need. U can set what do you want to update and this plugin do it whenever you want. If you want disable updates for some plugins, u can, if you want update only themes u can. Its possible get emails from updates and set up recipients of this emails. Thank you, I found exactly what i need 🙂

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6. ★★★★★ WebCodePoet

   5.9y ago

   Thanks to this little piece of script, life is easier. No more wasting time in doing automatic’s! Great tool.

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7. ★★★★★ alfadelta

   6.6y ago

   Last months fails to update plugins, so unfortunately noting good anymore.

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8. ★★★★★ Just a Wordpress User

   7.3y ago

   Great plugin to auto update themes and plugins.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.7.4 tested up to 7.0 change requires at least to wordpress 5.9 change requires to PHP 7.4 edit README improve code with phpcs fix test case change hook to init action, Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was calle 1.7.4
2. — Version 1.7.3 add phpcs job to ci add test case fix sanitize for clear logs 1.7.3
3. — Version 1.7.2 add php 8.3 to matrix and actions/checkout bump up for ci imporve code with phpcs change the type of a variable add phpunit-legacy job to ci 1.7.2
4. — Version 1.7.1 tested up to 6.4.0 update japanese translation update pot imporve code with phpcs, phpmd and phpstan change variable type fix Undefined property: stdClass phpunit bump up to version 8 ci support php 8.0 later 1.7.1
5. — Version 1.7.0 tested up to 6.2.0 update japanese translation update pot add test case add last day to schedule fix composer scripts update github actions set auto_update_core_major to disable when activate add support section and enha 1.7.0
6. — Version 1.6.3 change makepot from php script to wp cli change plugin initialization to plugins_loaded hook replace assert from assertEquals to assertSame 1.6.3

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Translated into 10 languages, 4 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-02-09 8K+ → 7K+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-02-07 7K+ → 8K+ up after 3 days in tier
3. 2026-02-04 8K+ → 7K+ down after 337 days in tier
4. 2025-03-04 7K+ → 8K+ up after 342 days in tier
5. 2024-03-27 6K+ → 7K+ up after 45 days in tier
6. 2024-02-11 7K+ → 6K+ down after 2 days in tier
7. 2024-02-09 6K+ → 7K+ up after 14 days in tier
8. 2024-01-26 7K+ → 6K+ down after 1 days in tier

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).

• WP Automatic Updates 400+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
• Background Update Notification Email Address 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D
• KK-UPDATE-CONTROL — installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags D
• Hide Updates 5K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
• U Update Control 4K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
• D Disable WP Core Updates Advance 40+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D

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WP Auto Updater: 7K+ active installs, 4.6★ (10 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/wp-auto-updater