Disable automatic plugins and themes auto-updates in WordPress 5.5

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Disable automatic plugin updates in WordPress 5.5 which will be released in August 2020.

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Execute on Child Sites

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add_filter( 'plugins_auto_update_enabled', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'themes_auto_update_enabled', '__return_false' );
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Existing constants have been removed but there should be a filter to disable in the UI.

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Hi - does that mean the add_filter you supplied wonā€™t work after all?

ā€¦and - just as an aside, for something like this (or other things like this) is there an easy way via mainWP to update a bunch of sitesā€™ function.php files with similar code in one go (albeit very carefully)?

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The constant was the method used before but the filter method will work. I would recommend to use the code snippets extension instead of dealing with updating the functions.php file on a bunch of active child themes sites.

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All of the filters and examples will be published on HelpHub soon enough related to the auto updates for plugins and themes.

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You can find the full history in this post.

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Ok thanks - so that constant you first mentioned has been changed then? Thatā€™s all I was looking for confirmation of (and if so, I appreciate it may well change again when 5.5 is released)

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Correct the PHP constants have been removed but the filters options will be staying.

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Will make sure that the code snippets related to auto plugins and themes gets updated closer to the release of WordPress 5.5 in August 2020.

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Looks like a constant was added back for being able to disable all updates.

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define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true );

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The correct filter names is updated in the post now.

add_filter( 'plugins_auto_update_enabled', '__return_false' );
add_filter( 'themes_auto_update_enabled', '__return_false' );
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