Alternatives to Update Control
This adds some options to your Settings > General page that let you tweak auto-updates.
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Rating: 4.4/5 (17 reviews)
Downloads: 48,129
Active installs: 4,000
Maintenance score: 63/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 6.0
Tested up to: 7.0
Requires PHP: f
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Disable updates and automatic updates for WordPress core, plugins, and themes, with the option to disable plugin or theme updates individually.
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Disable Automatic Updates – Enable/Disable core, plugins, themes, translation updates(3)•Updated 2703d ago
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Enables background updates for major releases. No settings, just activate and enjoy.
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Automatic Updates(0)•Updated 2519d ago
Automatic Updates allows admin to manage the automatic updates of the core wordpress and the plugins. The plugins also disables core update email noti …
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KK-UPDATE-CONTROL(0)•Updated 1235d ago
A simple WordPress plugin to control automatic core updates or auto-updates for plugins, themes and translations.
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This automatic plugin updater gives you fine grained control. You may choose to allow any updates, only minor versions, only patch versions, or none.
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RoboMaintainer is your personal autopilot for WordPress plugin updates. It checks for updates, initiates updates and checks for changes.
0 installs1,203 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned