[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:  audrasjb
     Type:  feature request          |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal                   |   Milestone:  5.4
Component:  Plugins                  |     Version:  3.7
 Severity:  normal                   |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing  |     Focuses:  administration,
  has-screenshots dev-feedback       |  multisite
  needs-dev-note needs-design        |
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Comment (by TimothyBlynJacobs):

 > If WP_AUTO_UPDATE_PLUGINS === false, should_update_to_version() should
 return early and never hit the filter. This will prevent developers
 overriding the site owner's hard coded choice.

 WRT this, and AFAICT the current patch, I'm concerned that users would use
 this constant because they want to hide the UI, but would have ended up
 opting-out of forced security updates from .org. IMO, the value of
 `autoupdate` in the API response should trump. Users could then continue
 to opt-out of auto updates all together using the existing
 `AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED` constant. And setting
 `WP_AUTO_UPDATE_PLUGINS` to false would hide the UI.

 It also looks like the current patch removes support for `autoupdate`
 entirely, even if the constant is not set.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/48850#comment:99>
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