[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #50280: Enable auto-updates shows for plugins with no support

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#50280: Enable auto-updates shows for plugins with no support
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 Reporter:  elrae         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Plugins       |     Version:
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by pbiron):

 Thanx for the ticket.

 I'll answer in relation to how this will work in core once 5.5.0 is
 released (or right now if you're using the [https://wordpress.org/plugins
 /wordpress-beta-tester/ WordPress Beta Tester] set to "Bleeding Edge"),
 although the same applies to the feature plugin.

 I'm not sure how this feature would provide "false sense of security".
 All that enabling auto-updates does is that **if an update becomes
 available** it tells the auto-updater to apply that update automatically.
 If no updates ever become available, then nothing will happen.

 There has been some discussion during the development of the feature
 plugin about adding hooks that would allow the `Enable/Disable auto-
 updates` to be replaced for specific plugins/themes (e.g., with plain text
 such as "Auto-updates controlled by Plugin X").  For some of that
 discussion, see the [https://github.com/WordPress/wp-autoupdates/issues/95
 Interoperability between existing and new filters and constants] issue on
 the feature plugin repo.

 Unfortunately, it's not an easy problem to solve in the general case.  But
 this ticket is certainly a good place to continue that discussion from the
 feature plugin, for how it might be solved in core.

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