Advanced Automatic Updates vs Disable Updates for WordPress Core… (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Advanced Automatic Updates
30K+ active installs
Free
Disable Updates for WordPress Core…
10K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Disable Updates for WordPress Core… has a higher user rating (4.8/5 from 4 reviews) while Advanced Automatic Updates leads in active installations (30K+ vs 10K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Advanced Automatic Updates has accumulated 255K+ total downloads while Disable Updates for WordPress Core… has 109K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Advanced Automatic Updates | Disable Updates for WordPress Core… | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.7/5 | ► | 4.8/5 |
| Total Reviews | 61 | ◄ | 4 |
| Active Installs | 30K+ | ◄ | 10K+ |
| Total Downloads | 255K+ | ◄ | 109K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 4 years ago | ► | 4 months ago |
| First Released | 2012 | 2011 | |
| Age | 14 years | 15 years | |
| WP Requires | 3.7+ | 4.6+ | |
| PHP Requires | false+ | 5.6+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 1.0.2 | 1.4.2 |
Rating Breakdown
Advanced Automatic Updates
Disable Updates for WordPress Core…
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Advanced Automatic Updates averaged approximately 9 daily downloads while Disable Updates for WordPress Core… averaged 38.
Recent Reviews
Advanced Automatic Updates Reviews
Fantástico
Te despreocupas de estar entrando continuamente al blog para actualizar los plugins. Se actualizan solos. Muy recomendable.
The best plugin
This is one of my favorite plugins. It is very simple and easy to use. I can only recommend it!
Plugin perfectly works even with premium themes
After I couldn’t get the popular Easy Updates Manager plugin working, I looked for an alternative, and then found Advanced Automatic Updates. The plugin perfectly works, and even updates premium theme
Disable Updates for WordPress Core… Reviews
No options to choose
This plugin does what is says but it doesn’t give any choosing option at all. I don’t want to disable updates for all plugins. Found this plugin which provides more flexibility disabling core, updates
nice!
simple for good practices_)
Fantastic
This is absolutely fantastic, whoever made this deserves to be paid!!
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