- What is Astra Pro Add on?
- What Is a Child Theme and How To Install It for Astra?
- How to Activate Astra Pro Addon License?
- How to Get License Key of Astra Pro?
- How to Install Astra Pro Plugin?
- Getting Started with Astra Pro Addon Plugin
- Getting error – The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet?
- Do Not See License Activation Form for Astra Pro Addon Plugin?
- How to Install Astra Theme?
- Know More about Astra Beta Versions? How to Download and Use?
- Automatic Beta Updates for Astra
- Which Zip Should I Install from the Store?
- How to Upgrade to Astra Pro?
- Manually Install Astra via FTP
- How to Activate the License for Astra Premium Sites Plugin?
- How to Update Astra Theme Manually?
- Unable to Upload Astra Pro ZIP File: File Unzipped During Download
- Getting Started With Essential Toolkit
- Getting Started with Business Toolkit
- How to Fix “Sorry, You Are Not Allowed To Access This Page” Error In Astra Pro
- How to Resolve Fatal Error: Call to Undefined function ctype_xdigit()
- Improvement: WooCommerce – Modify the Cart label design
- Astra WooCommerce update (version 3.9.0)
- Astra WooCommerce update (version 3.9.0) Shop Page
- Astra WooCommerce update (version 3.9.0) Single Product Page
- Astra WooCommerce update (version 3.9.0) My Account Page
- Astra WooCommerce update (version 3.9.0) Misc Update
- Improvments on the Cart Page(Astra 3.9.0)
- Improvements on the CheckOut page(Astra 3.9.0)
- System Requirement for Astra Theme
- Auto Update Plugin Support
- How to Create a Multisite Network and Use Astra Child Theme On It
- Support Mega Menu for all the Header Builder Menu component
- Why Can’t I Access Astra Pro Features After Purchasing the Pro Version?
- Astra 4.2.0-beta.1 : Migrations & Backwards Compatibility
- How To Disable Right Click in WordPress
- Disable Automatic Updates in WordPress
- Astra – Customize the Submenu
- The Blank Screen in the Customizer Area
- How to use the color palette of the Astra theme
- How to Import / Export Astra Customizer Settings
- How To Disable Logo Cropping
- How to Create a Sticky Sidebar for Your WooCommerce Shop Page
- How to use dynamic customizer from Astra 4.0.0
- How to Change the Typography of the Astra Menu
- Simplify Your Site Design with the New Style Guide
- How to Translate Astra Theme / Plugins in Your Own Language using GlotPress?
- How to Turn Astra Multilingual with WPML?
- How To Translate Site Builder With WPML?
- How to Translate Astra Strings with WPML?
- How Translations can be Manually Exported and Uploaded to the Site?
- How to Turn Astra Website Multilingual with Polylang?
- How to Translate Categories, Tags, and Astra Strings with Polylang
- How to Turn Astra Website Multilingual with TranslatePress?
- How to translate the WooCommerce string?
- Footer Custom Text Helper Strings
- Does Astra support Beaver Themer Plugin?
- Increasing the PHP Memory Limit of Your Website
- How to Disable Header or Footer for a Landing Page or Post?
- Where Does Astra Primary Color Setting Take Effect?
- How to Adjust the Width of Your Sidebar?
- How to Update the Plugin Manually from WordPress Backend?
- Recommended Settings for Elementor and the Astra Theme
- Recommended Settings for Beaver Builder and the Astra Theme
- How Do License Upgrades Work?
- How to Renew Yearly License?
- How to Apply For Brainstorm Force Affiliate Program? (Become Astra Affiliate)
- How to Manage License on Store?
- How To Update Your Payment Method?
- How do I check my Support Ticket History?
- Frequently Asked Questions – VIP Priority Support
- How to Process Refund Requests?
- Fix Swap Sections Not Working on Mobile (Old Astra Header)
- How to Remove Google Fonts Suggestions in Astra Theme?
- Remove default stretched block layout spacing
- How to Change the Logo on Specific Pages?
- How to remove horizontal & vertical gallery layouts from a single product page?
- Introducing New Filter to Enable/Disable Rank-Math Theme Support
- Enable/Disable YouTube videos from Astra admin dashboard
- How to Fix the Line Height Unit being converted to “EM”?
- How to Change WordPress Post labels to Projects
- Fix for – The PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10) Error
- Fix for – Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_FUNCTION
- How to fix Fatal Error / White Screen of Death?
- Fix for- cURL error 51: SSL: no alternative certificate subject name matches target host name ‘websitedemos.net’
- Getting error – The package could not be installed. The theme is missing the style.css stylesheet?
- ‘The preview could not be loaded’ Pop Up with Astra and Elementor
- Troubleshooting Steps ( with Health Check & Troubleshooting plugin )
- How to Deal with Update Issues in Astra Theme and Astra Pro Addon?
- Blog Featured Image Size Not Working / Error in Image Processing Library
Disable Automatic Updates in WordPress
Automatic updates in WordPress help ensure that your site is running the latest version, including security patches and new features. However, there might be situations where you want to disable automatic updates, especially if you prefer to control when and how updates are applied.
In this document, we’ll discuss what WordPress automatic updates are and why you might want to disable automatic WordPress updates.
Then, with the help of code and a simple plugin, we’ll show you how to disable automatic updates.
What Are WordPress Automatic Updates?
WordPress automatic updates allows your website to automatically check for and install updates. This includes security updates for the core WordPress software, as well as updates for plugins and themes to address potential security risks.
While automatic updates aim to save time and effort by handling the update process for you, sometimes you find them time-consuming and may prefer manual updates.
Manually updating allows you to retain control over how upgrades are implemented and ensures your presence if any issues arise during the process.
Why Disable Automatic WordPress Updates?
Automated updates in WordPress, while generally reliable, can cause serious problems, such as the rare but impactful risk of causing your website to crash. This is more likely with major updates and can impose compatibility issues between your plugins, themes, WordPress Core, and any code modifications you’ve made. In such cases, having a backup to restore your website is crucial.
Sometimes, these updates add new features that may not align with your specific needs, disrupting your workflow. Customizing each element and feature to match your unique vision can become a time-consuming task.
How to Disable Automatic Updates in WordPress Using Plugin
You can disable automatic updates with the help of the Easy Updates Manager plugin.
For that, firstly you need to install and activate the plugin from Plugins → Add New Plugin section of WordPress dashboard.

Once the plugin is activated, navigate to Dashboard → Updates Options to configure the settings.

The Easy Updates Manager settings page will pop and if you want to turn off all updates, toggle the Disable all updates option.

However, disabling all updates will prevent update notifications from appearing.
Instead, you can choose your preferred settings. You can disable plugin and theme auto-updates while enabling the core WordPress auto-updates.

How to Disable Automatic Updates in WordPress Without Using a Plugin
To disable the automatic updates, you can add the following code snippet in the wp-config.php file.
define( ‘WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE’, false );
WordPress will no longer automatically install updates. However, this only pertains to the core installation. If you wish to disable updates for plugins and themes, you can do so by adding the following filters to your theme’s functions.php file.
To access the functions.php file, navigate to Appearance → Theme Editor from your WordPress dashboard. Then, open the functions.php file from the list on the right.
To disable automatic plugin updates, add the following code.
add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', '__return_false' );
To disable automatic updates for themes, add the following code.
add_filter( 'auto_update_theme', '__return_false' );
If you want to disable automatic updates to both your theme and any plugins, you need to add both lines.

Please note that whether you use automatic or manual updates, keeping your site backed up regularly is important.
We hope this document has been helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.
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