You could also try this. In IIS manager Go to Application pools and choose the one used by your WordPress Blog. Right Click and choose Advanced Settings… Change the Identity to LocalSystem Click OK to save changes. Then on Sites, Choose your WordPress Blog from the sites list Right Click on it and click on … Read more
You are correct, WordPress checks for updates to core and plugins every 12 hours, but a better way to word it would be: it checks updates if last update was more than 12 hours ago. The 12 hour setting is hard codded in wp-includes/update.php The last updated dates are stored in wp_options table and the … Read more
PHP isn’t a permanently-running process: it only runs when requested. So as far as I can tell, WordPress can only update itself when someone loads a web page. But the update process is not instantaneous, so surely a user visiting the site would have a really slow page load. Is there a different trick they … Read more
Automatic updates are automatic. The basic, default behavior in WordPress 3.7 is automatic update of core for minor versions (i.e. X.Y.Z to X.Y.Z+1.) No configuration options are exposed in the UI. To change the behavior, you’ll need to modify your wp-config.php file, or add some filters: Easy Disabling Add the following to wp_config.php: define( ‘AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED’, … Read more