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Q&A: How can I prevent WordPress from automatically installing updates?

Posted on November 6, 2018

wordpress-logoQuestion from Edwin G.:  I’m really upset Rick. I checked my email this morning and found that both of my WordPress blogs had been updated to the latest version during the night without my knowledge or consent. I don’t like that!

I’ve had problems in the past with WordPress core updates breaking my blogs so now I always update my blogs one at a time, then check to make sure everything still works before updating the next blog.

Is there a setting in WordPress that I can change to prevent it from installing updates automatically? If there is, I can’t find one.

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]






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