Turn on automatic updates for the small plugins you trust
Decide which plugins update by themselves and which you update by hand, such as your shop or page builder, and set it with one approval each.
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Time
- about 10 min
List the plugins on my WordPress site and tell me which update automatically now. Suggest which small, low-risk plugins could update by themselves, and which I should keep updating by hand, such as [plugins to keep manual, e.g. WooCommerce and the page builder]. Explain why in one line each. Then turn automatic updates on or off as I confirm.
Already connected?
If SAR is already in your AI app, this is enough:
Suggest which plugins can update automatically, keep [plugins] manual, and set it as I confirm.
What happens
- The AI app lists the installed plugins and reads which update automatically now.
- It suggests which can update by themselves and which to keep manual, with a reason for each.
- Each change to automatic updates waits for your approval in SAR, and can be undone.
Approvals involved
Worked out from the tools this recipe uses.
wordpress_list_pluginsList pluginsNonewordpress_list_updatesAvailable updatesNonewordpress_set_auto_updatesAutomatic updates on or offApproval
What you get
Small plugins stay current on their own, while the ones that can break your shop wait for you.
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Try it on your own site
Install the plugin, add SAR to your AI app and paste the prompt. Free to start.