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Wordpress Updates

by Bello Voi
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Hi everyone, I'm new to wordpress so please take it easy on me.

I own a wordpress marketplace site with a custom theme. Back when I installed the theme, I was on wordpress 3.9 (I was hesitant to do the update just in case it will cause bugs in my theme) but recently I noticed that my wordpress automatically updated. Well, here are my questions:

- Does wordpress automatically update? If not, what may have caused this?

- After the update, ALL my plugins were deactivated. I'm not sure if the deactivation of the plugins were caused by the update or maybe the site was hacked. Can someone shed some light on this?

- I'm also experiencing issues with some of my buttons/drag and drop capability in some of my plugins all of a sudden, I've been told that this is a jquery issue. What causes this and how can I solve it?

Thanks in advance to all of you for your help. I look forward to learning more from you.
#updates #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author gaetanoc
    As to my best knowledge, wordpress will simply notify you when there is a new update available. No it does not automatically update. You can update wordpress via FTP.

    Plugin deactivation or not working fine maybe due to the upgrade. This is because the plugins themselves are not compatible with the new wordpress version. Please go through each plugin and make sure you have latest tested version which is compatible with the new wordpress version

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    • Profile picture of the author Bello Voi
      Hi Gaetanoc, thanks for your reply.

      I do understand that post wordpress update, some of the plugins might not work with the new wordpress and be deactivated. But in my case, ALL my plugins were deactivated at once and I had to reactivate them. After reactivating them, they all worked fine, so they were compatible with the new wordpress.

      Is it possible that a security breach might have occured?
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    • Profile picture of the author David V
      Originally Posted by gaetanoc View Post

      As to my best knowledge, wordpress will simply notify you when there is a new update available. No it does not automatically update.
      This is incorrect.

      Wordpress will auto update since v3.7

      You can control what and how in your wp-config.php file

      Available options you can add:

      # Disable all automatic updates:
      Code:
       define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true );
      # Disable all core updates:
      Code:
       define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', false );
      # Enable all core updates, including minor and major:
      Code:
       define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', true );
      # Enable core updates for minor releases (default):
      Code:
       define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', 'minor' );

      Reference: WordPress Codex

      and this link will give you some great insight as to how it all works.
      The definitive guide to disabling auto updates in WordPress 3.7 by Andrew Nacin

      As far as the plugins... that's another issue. They shouldn't be disabled after an update.
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  • Profile picture of the author gaetanoc
    yes it might be a security breach. I would check access logs for your server to conclude about this
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    • Profile picture of the author Bello Voi
      I also have a JQuery issue with Gravity Forms. It won't update or let me add more fields to the form. Do you have any solutions to this? Thanks!
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