So basically there a few more things to watch out when debugging this issues. I did the following and everything works like a charm. Downloaded the Background Update Tester plugin to see if there are any conflicts. Your WordPress install can communicate with WordPress.org securely. No version control systems were detected. (I had .git folder … Read more
To answer the first question… If you look within the WP_Automatic_Updater class found in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php we note the method is_disabled which is used by the method should_update to determine whether or not an automatic update is allowed. The is_disabled method will return true under the following conditions, if DISALLOW_FILE_MODS constant is defined and is true … Read more
Let me first answer your questions before giving some more info on the update process. There is always some risk. But with the default of only doing minor core release you are pretty safe. (E.g. 3.8.1 had close to 100% update success rate) Also you should think of how while being some risk itself the … 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