{"id":221,"date":"2013-02-19T15:45:39","date_gmt":"2013-02-19T14:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wphelpclub.com\/blog\/?p=221"},"modified":"2013-06-11T10:10:15","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T09:10:15","slug":"wordpress-auto-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wphelpclub.com\/blog\/wordpress-auto-update\/","title":{"rendered":"The WordPress feature that you should absolutely turn off before it&#8217;s too late!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-222\" alt=\"wpsafe\" src=\"http:\/\/wphelpclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/wpsafe.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"116\" \/>Hey,<br \/>\nI know the title sounds scary but trust me, when you&#8217;re going read what I&#8217;m about to tell you, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re going to agree!!<br \/>\nI am referring to the<span style=\"color: #1e4de0;\"> automated update<\/span> feature in WordPress.<br \/>\nIf you&#8217;ve been following us for a while you already know that we take website safety and security very seriously.<br \/>\nOne thing that we tell all our clients is to always keep their site updated and current with the latest WordPress version.<\/p>\n<p>But.. that does not mean having the automated update on or just clicking on the update now button!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Doing so can and one day will either:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>give you the white screen of death<\/li>\n<li>have your site starting to act strangely or missing some functionalities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The thing is, when you update WordPress you need to make sure that you also update the plugins and the theme you use. Unfortunately, since plugins developers and WordPress developers do not talk to each other : you might end up with a web site that has the latest WordPress update but that is not functioning anymore because your plugins are not compatible any more.<\/p>\n<p>And that happens a lot! Even to the big social media plugins (I won&#8217;t say names).<\/p>\n<p>We usually give 2 weeks before we even try updates, that gives the time to plugin developers to update their plugins to be compatible with the new WordPress version.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #1e4de0;\">The solution<\/span> : <\/strong>test your updates on a test site (or development site if you prefer) first, then if nothing breaks, apply it to your live site, Simple? yes but time consuming I know.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a small price to pay to keep hackers at bay.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/104496225559775076725\" rel=\"author\">G+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, I know the title sounds scary but trust me, when you&#8217;re going read what I&#8217;m about to tell you, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;re going to agree!! I am referring to the automated update feature in WordPress. 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