Automatic Safe Update
To update your WordPress is a time consuming task you can’t avoid. Without it, your site will be in trouble and you’ll be regretful. Knowing this, here you have a powerful tool to help you to maintain your plugins updated. Select the cases for automated updates and the manual ones based on the updat
About this tool.
To update your WordPress is a time consuming task you can’t avoid. Without it, your site will be in trouble and you’ll be regretful. Knowing this, here you have a powerful tool to help you to maintain your plugins updated.
Select the cases for automated updates and the manual ones based on the update level and single plugin if you want or let the plugin decide for you. Stability vs. safety is the balance. Let the plugin take itself the decision if you like it.
Semantic version numbering didides version numbers in three main blocks: major, minor and patch in this way: major.minor.patch. If all the plugin authors were working fine, when only patch version number changes, bug and security fixes in a compatible way were done, when the minor number increases, new functionality are added in a backwards compatible way. Major version changes are incompatible and may require additional work with your site.
You’ll never know in advance when an error in a plugin can make your WordPress site fail, nor will you know in advance that you are leaving a security hole to be attacked if you do not update.
The plugin allways allow to update itself to avoid locks as happened in version 1.1.9 requiring a manual update.
Screenshots & previews.
Getting started.
- 01Upload files to the /wp-content/plugins/automatic-safe-update directory or install plugin through the Plugins menu of your WordPress directlly.
- 02Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu of your WordPress.
- 03Go to Automatic Safe Update settings from the WordPress admin menu to configure the plugin.
- 04Adjust settings as you like and press at save changes.
Frequently asked questions.
Why does this plugin use filters like pre_set_site_transient_update_plugins and auto_update_plugin?
This plugin’s only purpose is to let site owners control automatic updates from the official WordPress.org repository using semantic versioning rules (major, minor, patch). These filters are the standard WordPress way to achieve that. The plugin never adds external update sources, never modifies download URLs, and always allows its own updates to prevent lockouts.
