[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #48850: Plugins Screen: introduce "Automatic updates" column / option

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#48850: Plugins Screen: introduce "Automatic updates" column / option
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 Reporter:  jeherve          |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins          |    Version:  3.7
 Severity:  minor            |   Keywords:  2nd-opinion
  Focuses:  administration   |
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 WordPress 3.7 introduced us to [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2013/10/25
 /the-definitive-guide-to-disabling-auto-updates-in-wordpress-3-7/
 automatic updates for Core, themes, plugins, and translations]. It also
 brought us filters like {{{auto_update_plugin}}} that allow site owners to
 [https://wordpress.org/support/article/configuring-automatic-background-
 updates/#plugin-theme-updates-via-filter automatically update specific
 plugins] if they want to.
 WordPress 5.1 went a step further with
 [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/01/14/php-site-health-mechanisms-
 in-5-1/ Fatal Error Protection], and 5.2 made managing any failures caused
 by broken plugins even easier with
 [https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/04/16/fatal-error-recovery-mode-
 in-5-2/ Recovery Mode].

 At this point, I think it has become relatively safe for a site owner to
 use the {{{auto_update_plugin}}} filter to enable autoupdates for any or
 all of their plugins. It removes one of the burdens of site management,
 and in case of failure (such as a plugin introducing a fatal error with an
 update) it is relatively easy to access the dashboard and remove the
 plugin.

 All that said, I would like to suggest making plugin autoupdates even more
 mainstream by adding a new column to the Plugins screen, where one could
 toggle autoupdates on / off for just about any plugin.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/48850>
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