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title: "Disable Automatic Updates in WordPress 3.7"
author: "Ellen Bauer"
date: 2013-10-27
lang: en
source: https://elmastudio.de/en/disable-automatic-updates-wordpress-3-7/
---

# Disable Automatic Updates in WordPress 3.7

[make.wordpress.org](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/10/25/the-definitive-guide-to-disabling-auto-updates-in-wordpress-3-7/)

The biggest feature of the new **WordPress 3.7** release is automatic updates for minor versions (from 3.7.1 to 3.7.2, for example). Since these updates usually *close important security holes*, automatic background updates are a big and, in my view, *very sensible new achievement* for WordPress.

There are of course cases where **automatic updates** in the background are not wanted, or in rare cases not possible (the [Background Update Tester plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/background-update-tester/) tells you whether your installation can handle them). Then Andrew Nacin's [guide on the Make WordPress Core blog](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/10/25/the-definitive-guide-to-disabling-auto-updates-in-wordpress-3-7/) shows how to disable automatic updates with a constant in *wp-config.php* (see steps 3 and 4 of the guide).