[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #58389: Enable auto-updates for plugins installed from the Plugins Add New Screen

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#58389: Enable auto-updates for plugins installed from the Plugins Add New Screen
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 Reporter:  JosVelasco       |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Upgrade/Install  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                   |
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 To increase and promote auto-updates usage, we could start by enabling
 auto-updates by default for plugins installed from the Plugins Add New
 Screen, with an opt-out switch under the Activate button.

 A “Disable auto-updates” link could appear under the Install Now button.
 To make it more prominent, we could make it bold or red.

 There are many scenarios where this logic would help the ecosystem, for
 example, when a user gets their WordPress site developed by a professional
 and then takes complete control of it, installing plugins without enabling
 auto-updates.

 If this suggestion is too bold, we could first detect if most of the
 installed plugins have auto-updates enabled and calculate if this is the
 best logical configuration for the site before enabling auto-updates by
 default.

 For already installed plugins with auto-updates disabled, the link could
 read “Enable auto-updates”. This could promote auto-updates for those
 plugins as well. Eventually, if this works well, we could expand the same
 logic for themes.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/58389>
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