Wordpress Auto Updates

Question

I need to have auto updates on my Wordpress so I've followed the codex here. My need is to have all updates like from 4.2.2 to 4.2.3 and to 4.3 etc.. No FTP credentials are needed on my server. My problem is that my WP has not been updated. Have I done something wrong? How often does my Wordpress check for updates?

This is my wp-config.php, I've just added define('WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', true); to the original file.

define('DB_NAME', 'xXyYzZtT');
define('DB_USER', 'xXyYzZtT');
define('DB_PASSWORD', 'xXyYzZtT');
define('DB_HOST', 'xXyYzZtT');
define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
define('DB_COLLATE', '');

$table_prefix  = 'wp_';

define('WPLANG', 'it_IT');
define('WP_DEBUG', false);

/* PHP Memory */
define('WP_MEMORY_LIMIT', '64M');
define('WP_MAX_MEMORY_LIMIT', '256M');

/* WordPress Cache */
define('WP_CACHE', true);

/* Compression */
define('COMPRESS_CSS', true);
define('COMPRESS_SCRIPTS', true);
define('CONCATENATE_SCRIPTS', true);
define('ENFORCE_GZIP', true);

/* Updates */
define('WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', true);
define('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

if ( !defined('ABSPATH') )
define('ABSPATH', dirname(__FILE__) . '/');

require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-settings.php');

PS: define('FS_METHOD', 'direct'); is not significant since my server doesn't need FTP credentials.

Answer 1

Have you tried using the Wordpress admin panel to configure your auto-updates? You may have better luck there. It should be found under your "Dashboard > Updates". If you do not see it there, there is also the option of a plugin to help manage it for you:

• Automatic Updater for Wordpress