I have the following snippet above That's all, stop editing!
via wp-config.php
file:
/* Enable automatic updates for WordPress ) */
define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', true );
I also have the following via my functions.php file:
/**
* Enable automatic updates for plugins and themes
*/
add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', '__return_true' );
add_filter( 'auto_update_theme', '__return_true' );
Approximately, how frequently does WordPress check for these updates and how quickly are they automatically applied?
The websites I manage seem to vary. From the 50+ sites that I look after, half have applied plugin updates today, whilst the other half haven't applied updates. They are all running the same code and similar setups (themes / plugins). I don't want to jump the gun manually updating these plugins if I can establish that update times vary.
wp-cron
is ran, it will also check for updates too. Updating will not take long if your server has a fast port, mine never take more than a few seconds.