Both of these settings are used in all WordPress installs – they’re not specific to any host. The ABSPATH ensures that WordPress knows which folder to look in to find all of its files. Whether Core auto-updates are good or bad really comes down to your own processes and preferences. For security reasons, enabling the … Read more
Your content is stored in the database, not in the theme. If you switch themes or use a child theme, the content is still there. Also, if you run a child theme, the parent theme is still in use: Any modifications from it that you don’t overwrite are still executed.
I need to determine what user the WordPress update process thinks it is since it is not the user that runs all the other pages and posts as I have all files and folders owner by apache. The WordPress update process has no idea which user it’s running as, nor does it care. It doesn’t … Read more
In wp-config.php add // Disable all wordpress auto updates. define(‘AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED’, true); define(‘WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE’, false); In functions.php add // Disable auto plugin updates add_filter(‘auto_update_plugin’, ‘__return_false’); // Disable auto theme updates add_filter(‘auto_update_theme’, ‘__return_false’);
It’s likely that the files aren’t writable by WP for whatever reason. Do a manual upgrade instead. http://codex.wordpress.org/Updating_WordPress#Manual_Update
In order for the update to occur, the site would have had to receive some form of traffic. Any traffic which loaded WordPress would do. Alternatively, anything which started the wp-cron.php process would trigger the update as well, like if you have it set to run that with a normal cron.
Responsible Note: As always please don’t take my response as anything more than thoughts based on the information provided. Do Your Own Research Beyond This Question! Core auto-updates: If I was running a “small hosting company with a few hundred sites hosted on cPanel” I would turn auto update WP core on, make it very … Read more
I would first remove any plugins that are not needed, or any that haven’t been updated for a while. Then I would install all updates (themes and plugins) and reinstall WP (all from the Admin, Update screen). That will get you a fresh install of WP and plugins/themes. Then I would manually look at all … Read more
The “autoupdate” value you see there is just a string in the “response” field from the version check API call. It doesn’t determine whether or not your site actually performs an autoupdate. You’ll see that field in every response returned from core version checks. Basically, it’s just saying that a potential autoupdate is available for … Read more
The short answer is yes. WordPress does go into maintenance mode when updates are are installed. You have nothing to worry about. This is default behavior. I do know that there are sometimes issues where WordPress gets stuck in maintenance mode after updates, but if you don’t experence such issues, you are good to go … Read more