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: 46,088
Active installs: 4,000
Maintenance score: 24/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 3.7
Tested up to: 4.5.33
Requires PHP: f
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Disable updates, Updates manager, Disable automatic updates(24)•Updated 263d ago
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Control automatic updates feature. Enable or disable all types of automatic updates including core, plugins, themes, translation etc.
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A simple WordPress plugin to control automatic core updates or auto-updates for plugins, themes and translations.
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0 installs645 downloads38/100 • Stale