Surprised by auto-updates

That’s been a part of WordPress 3.7 since October.

WordPress 3.7 “Basie”

You can use this article to configure the automatic background updates as you see fit.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates

Or you can easily disable them too.

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates#Disabling_All_Updates_Via_Filter
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/search.php?q=disable+updates

I only expect these kinds of surprises from Microsoft.

And chrome, and firefox, and Mac OSX, and iOS, and Android…?

That may sound like we’re being dismissive, but we kinda think that security is a big deal, which is why we do auto updates for minor releases only. (If a plugin/theme breaks on a minor update, it’s time to grab that dev and ask them to fix it, because they may have been accidentally utilizing a vulnerability!)