{"id":9352,"date":"2023-03-13T23:33:45","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T23:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/?p=9352"},"modified":"2023-03-13T23:33:45","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T23:33:45","slug":"revolutionize-your-wordpress-site-with-these-simple-hacks-to-effortlessly-keep-your-plugins-up-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/revolutionize-your-wordpress-site-with-these-simple-hacks-to-effortlessly-keep-your-plugins-up-to-date\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Revolutionize Your WordPress Site with These Simple Hacks to Effortlessly Keep Your Plugins Up to Date!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_49 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default 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title=\"Why Updating WordPress Plugins is Important\">Why Updating WordPress Plugins is Important<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/revolutionize-your-wordpress-site-with-these-simple-hacks-to-effortlessly-keep-your-plugins-up-to-date\/#How_to_Enable_Automatic_Plugin_Updates_in_WordPress\" title=\"How to Enable Automatic Plugin Updates in WordPress\">How to Enable Automatic Plugin Updates in WordPress<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3'><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/revolutionize-your-wordpress-site-with-these-simple-hacks-to-effortlessly-keep-your-plugins-up-to-date\/#Method_1_Using_the_WordPress_Dashboard\" title=\"Method 1: Using the WordPress Dashboard\">Method 1: Using the WordPress Dashboard<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/revolutionize-your-wordpress-site-with-these-simple-hacks-to-effortlessly-keep-your-plugins-up-to-date\/#Method_2_Using_Custom_Code\" title=\"Method 2: Using Custom Code\">Method 2: Using Custom Code<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/revolutionize-your-wordpress-site-with-these-simple-hacks-to-effortlessly-keep-your-plugins-up-to-date\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Experience_Perplexity_and_Burstiness_with_WordPress%E2%80%99s_Automatic_Plugin_Updates\"><\/span>Experience Perplexity and Burstiness with WordPress&#8217;s Automatic Plugin Updates<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Updating_WordPress_Plugins_is_Important\"><\/span>Why Updating WordPress Plugins is Important<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As one of the most powerful and user-friendly content management systems on the market, WordPress offers thousands of plugins to extend its functionality and meet various website requirements. However, manually updating each plugin can be a cumbersome task and can even lead to security vulnerabilities if not updated regularly. <\/p>\n<p>In addition, plugin updates are crucial for your website\u2019s security and performance. While plugins offer additional functionality, they can also cause compatibility issues, slow down your site, and create security vulnerabilities if not updated regularly.<\/p>\n<p>Updating your plugins regularly ensures they function at their best, improves performance, and boosts security. Updates not only fix bugs but also introduce new features to streamline your workflow.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, WordPress provides an easy way to enable automatic plugin updates to save you time and focus on other important tasks.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Enable_Automatic_Plugin_Updates_in_WordPress\"><\/span>How to Enable Automatic Plugin Updates in WordPress<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>By default, WordPress does not allow automatic updates for plugins as a security measure to prevent compatibility issues. However, you can easily enable automatic updates by following these two methods:<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Method_1_Using_the_WordPress_Dashboard\"><\/span>Method 1: Using the WordPress Dashboard<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Login to your WordPress dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Plugins \u00bb Installed Plugins.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the \u201cEnable auto-updates\u201d link under any plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>That\u2019s it! The plugin will now automatically update itself whenever a new version is released.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Method_2_Using_Custom_Code\"><\/span>Method 2: Using Custom Code<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Adding custom code to your WordPress site can allow all plugins to auto-update or enable auto-updates for specific plugins only.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Login to your WordPress dashboard.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Appearance \u00bb Theme Editor.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the \u201cfunctions.php\u201d file in the right-hand side column.<\/li>\n<li>Add the following code at the end of the file:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&#8220;`<br \/>\nadd_filter( &#8216;auto_update_plugin&#8217;, &#8216;__return_true&#8217; );<br \/>\n&#8220;`<\/p>\n<p>This code allows all plugins to auto-update. You can modify this code to allow auto-updates for specific plugins only.<\/p>\n<p>For example, to enable auto-updates for the Jetpack plugin, add the following code:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;`<br \/>\nadd_filter( &#8216;auto_update_plugin&#8217;, &#8216;enable_auto_update_for_jetpack&#8217; );<\/p>\n<p>function enable_auto_update_for_jetpack( $update, $item ) {<\/p>\n<p>    if ( $item->slug === &#8216;jetpack&#8217; ) {<\/p>\n<p>        return true;<\/p>\n<p>    } else {<\/p>\n<p>        return $update;<\/p>\n<p>    }<\/p>\n<p>}<br \/>\n&#8220;`<\/p>\n<p>Click on the \u201cUpdate File\u201d button to save the changes.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Updating your WordPress plugins regularly is crucial for your website\u2019s performance and security. Thankfully, WordPress provides an easy way to enable automatic plugin updates to save time and improve website performance.<\/p>\n<p>We hope this article helped you enable automatic plugin updates on your WordPress site. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Experience Perplexity and Burstiness with WordPress&#8217;s Automatic Plugin Updates Why Updating WordPress Plugins is Important As one of the most powerful and user-friendly content management&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3287],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/WORDPRESS-ULTIMATE-GUIDE-How-To-step-by-step-Tutorial.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mauricemuteti.info\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}