[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28707: Expand WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE option to automatically do major+minor updates

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#28707: Expand WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE option to automatically do major+minor updates
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 Reporter:  lovingboth       |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |    Version:  3.9.1
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                   |
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 At the moment, there are three options for the WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE
 constant:

 true - updates to dev, major and minor releases
 'minor' - updates to minor releases (only)
 false - does no automatic updates.

 There should be a fourth option to allow auto updating to major as well as
 minor releases. This would give auto updates to all '''tested''' releases,
 but not the less tested beta / release candidates.

 It is possible to do this by adding an allow_major_auto_core_updates
 filter, and the [http://wordpress.org/plugins/background-updates-for-
 major-releases/ Background Updates For Major Releases] plugin does this.
 But it would be better to have this as configuration option too.

 Adding 'major' as an option tested in wp-admin/includes/class-wp-
 upgrader.php is easy and simple (see attached diff file).

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/28707>
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