Cannot disable plugin auto-updates (5.5)

  • Resolved andrewmcbride

    (@andrewmcbride)


    4 years, 3 months ago

    Does anyone know why plugin updates would all be enabled with no option to click and disable? It is grayed-out.

    I run quite a few websites and have two with the issue. There’s nothing in the website health screen that’s critical and nothing worth mentioning in recommended.

    Theme has been ruled out. Plugins have been disabled and the issue still persist. I’ve tried reinstalling WP 5.5 as well. The sites and servers are all configured the same.

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  • check you wp-config file for define code that talks about the auto updater.

    There are a few different definitions that could have been added.

    One is:
    define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true );

    Also, I’d suggest making sure that your theme has not added the following code to the functions.php file. It never hurts to double/triple check. 

    add_filter( 'plugins_auto_update_enabled', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'themes_auto_update_enabled', '__return_false' );
    Thread Starter andrewmcbride

    (@andrewmcbride)

    Thank you @binarywc!

    The child theme functions.php file had both of those filters set to true so it was locked in.

    This fixed the issue.

    Another thing to check for:

    If jquery has been broken by updating to WordPress 5.5, checking boxes on the plugins page and trying to disable or enable auto-updating won’t work.

    You’ll need the Enable jQuery Migrate Helper plugin to temporarily restore jQuery Migrate until the plugin(s) or theme causing the break are fixed.

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