[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #31011: WP 4.1 checks for updates with every load of any admin page

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#31011: WP 4.1 checks for updates with every load of any admin page
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 Reporter:  hallcp          |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |    Version:  4.1
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                  |
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 It appears that with the introduction of 4.1 WordPress is going out and
 checking for updates with every load of the admin page. We can tell,
 because we have https: issues and we see the warnings every time it does
 so.

 The culprit appears to be in the wp_get_update_data() function where two
 update calls were added in 4.1:

  function wp_get_update_data() {
  $counts = array( 'plugins' => 0, 'themes' => 0, 'wordpress' => 0,
 'translations' => 0 );
  if ( $plugins = current_user_can( 'update_plugins' ) ) {
  '''wp_update_plugins(); \/\/ Check for Plugin updates'''
  $update_plugins = get_site_transient( 'update_plugins' );
  if ( ! empty( $update_plugins->response ) )
  $counts['plugins'] = count( $update_plugins->response );
  }
  if ( $themes = current_user_can( 'update_themes' ) ) {
  '''wp_update_themes(); \/\/ Check for Theme updates'''
  $update_themes = get_site_transient( 'update_themes' );
  if ( ! empty( $update_themes->response ) )
  $counts['themes'] = count( $update_themes->response );
  }

 This would be around lines 523-526 in update.php. This causes our site to
 slow to a crawl as it waits for the https: calls to time out.

 Does anyone know why the update regimen was changed?

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