WordPress Response to Rogue Plugin Updates WordPress issued a reminder to plugin publishers to not over-reach their authority and that violators will continue to be flagged Bio 250 Advertisement Continue Reading Below The statement warned that those who violate users express wishes with regard to automatic updates will continue to be flagged by WordPress.org. WordPress Automatic Updates Automatic updates are a feature in the WordPress content management system (CMS) that empowers a user to select to allow a plugin to automatically update. The feature was made easily accessible with the release of WordPress version 5.5. This feature also allowed publishers to select to not receive automatic updates