I got auto updated yesterday, broke my site. how to disable auto update?

WooCommerce does not auto update. So you must have some sort of plugin that is doing this or perhaps it was your WordPress install that got updated?

No wordpress install is not got updated.

I see woocommerce plugin got updated. Also there is not any plugin who can do this, Its strange!

How can I disable all kind of auto updates in wordpress site?

Again, WooCommerce core does not auto update. If you didn’t accidentally do it or someone else that may have admin access didn’t do it, best to check with your host to see if they have anything server side that updates plugins.

Humm may be don’t know what the hell did happened last night,

I have installed wordpress via ‘Quick Install’ from hostgator cPanel. I have already disabled the auto updates there. do you heard any issue regarding quick install with wordpress?

Thanks for your quick responses Roy!

So different hosts does it different if you use their 1 click install ( highly recommend against using that). I would contact them about this to be sure.

Ok good, I will contact them also.

I found these two lines in my wp-config.php. may be these lines are the culprit.
add_filter( ‘auto_update_plugin’, ‘__return_true’ );
add_filter( ‘auto_update_theme’, ‘__return_true’ );

I have make them _return_false. do you think these lines can be the reason? I want to make sure before stop debugging the issue. as this happened second time and I can’t afford it next time.

Those filters do not seem to be from WordPress. Either they’re added by your host or a 3rd party plugin at one point.

Yes may be, I have once installed and activated ‘woo theme auto update helper plugin’ but its already disabled.

That plugin also does NOT auto update WooCommerce so it isn’t that.

aahhh Giving up!! ??

couldn’t find anything. will contact quick install support.

Thanks for your help

Hi All,

Yes, I had these lines added to one of my wp-config.php files in a WP install too.

Thereafter I had a automatic (plugin) update overwrite some WooCommerce files, and I lost some of my modifications to the plugin. (I should have used a child theme – I know!).

So I’ve changed them too…

add_filter( ‘auto_update_plugin’, ‘__return_false’ );
add_filter( ‘auto_update_theme’, ‘__return_false’ );

All ok now.

I understand that my host (HostGator) added these filters during their automatic installation of WordPress in the first place.

Hope this helps.

Update:

To stop ALL (core, plugin, minor, security or otherwise) auto-updates, it’s better to add this line to your wp-config.php file, as WP codex recommends that one does not use add_filter calls in the wp-config.php file…

define( ‘AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED’, true );

Regards.

I have this problem:

I updated the Woocommerce language file like three times.
After the language file was second time overwritten, I updated it again last Friday, 27. November 2015 in the Morning.
Now, my costumer called me, that my changes are gone.

And with the Loco Translate plugin I see this informations:
“Updated: 28. November 2015 18:23” <- Saturday

So, why was this language file updated and overwritten last Saturday, although I was the last time logged in on last Friday?
All my custom changes are gone. Now the original german woocommerce language file is online again.

I’m the only admin of this wordpress installation. No one else could update the language file.

Best regards,
Alex