Simple Automatic Updates
Activate automatic updates or weekly notifications for the site.
5(1 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 6 years agoAs of April 2026, Simple Automatic Updates is a WordPress auto plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 22K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 6 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 24% this week. Top alternative: Companion Auto Update.
5/51 reviews
2.0K+active installs
22K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
This plugin will give you three alternatives for managing your WordPress updates:
- Update automatically – This updates WordPress/themes/plugins automatically and sends an email to the site admin when an update has been performed.
- Update automatically (no email) – Same as the first alternative, but without the email.
- Inform about updates once a week – This will send an email to the admin once a week if there are anything that can be updated.
Notice that only plugins/themes that resides in the WordPress
repository will be updated/informed about.
The plugin has not been tested and is not primarily made for multi site-installations.
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Nothing else than simple automatic updates!
by viche·9 years ago
Works like a charm!
Download Trends
Today: 3Yesterday: 3This week: 21Period total: 948
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 5.2.24 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v0.1
100.0%
Top Alternatives to Simple Automatic Updates
Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
0.1.3
- Fixing compability issue with php 7.1
Contributors
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