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I don't want to update plugins within business hours. Is there a way to schedule for after 1 am? Maybe via a hook or a setting in wp-config.php?

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You could create a cronjob that runs on 1am every 24 hours. With WP CLI this would be something like:

wp core update && wp plugin update --all && wp theme update

So you just create a .sh script, put the above in it, and run the script with a cronjob.

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  • Ok, good idea. So I would deactivate automatic updates in WordPress itself and do it with wp cli, right?
    – Marc
    Oct 16, 2020 at 9:56
  • I tried this. My problem is that I can only add conjobs for urls and not for shell scripts. So I tried to do this via exec_shell but that is prevented either. WP CLI is good but maby not for everyone. Another idea how to schedule the build in updates somehow?
    – Marc
    Oct 17, 2020 at 6:42
  • Hi Marc, take a look at this solution, as it seems to be right what you are looking for: wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/329683/… Oct 22, 2020 at 17:01
  • I accept this as the best answer. In the end used another server to ssh into the wp server and execute this command: wp core update && wp plugin update --all && wp theme update but I had to add the --path=/www/htdocs/myfolder to it. Thank you!
    – Marc
    Oct 25, 2020 at 10:41

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