by David Anderson / Team Updraft 4.8 (726 reviews)

Easy Updates Manager

Name: Easy Updates Manager
Rating: 4.8 (726 reviews)
Author: David Anderson / Team Updraft

Manage all your WordPress updates, including individual updates, automatic updates, logs, and loads more. This also works very well with WordPress Mul …

Easy Updates Manager ranks #194 among WordPress.org plugins with 300,000+ active installations, is #24 of 8,848 in the Customization category, a 4.8/5 rating from 726 reviews, and was last updated Aug 31, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v9.0.22 Current Version v9.0.22

Updated 2 months ago Last Update on 31 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 2 days ago Last Refreshed on

#24 of 8,848 in Customization Top 1% by installs Downloads -19.9% this week

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#194

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Active Installs

300K+

-6.5%

KW Avg Position

1.4

0.2 worse

Downloads

7.7M

+243 today

Support Resolved

100%

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Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (726 reviews)

Next Milestone 400K

Total Progress 13.3%

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Reviews & Ratings

4.8

726 reviews

Overall 96%

673 (93%)

16 (2%)

5 (1%)

6 (1%)

26 (4%)

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Total Threads

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100%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 week ago

May 27, 2026

Easy Updates Manager [stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates] < 9.0.21

CVE-2026-7660 · Fixed in v9.0.21
Mar 28, 2019

Easy Updates Manager [stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates] < 8.0.5

CVE-2019-15650 · Fixed in v8.0.5

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Plugin Details

Version: 9.0.22
Last Updated: Aug 31, 2026
Requires WP: 5.1+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: 5.6 or higher
Author: David Anderson / Team Updraft

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 726
Support Threads: 2
Resolved: 100%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and administrators, including Multisite installs, who need to manage plugin, theme, and core updates. It solves the problem of controlling and tracking updates by letting users disable, automate, log, and customize how updates are applied.

Disable all updates
Enable automatic updates
Customize automatic update settings
Logs of update activity
Hide plugin and theme updates
Select plugins/themes for auto-updates
Disable core, plugin, theme, translation updates
Integrates with UpdraftPlus

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Easy Updates Manager

Version 6.x.x should support WP versions 4.0 and up. Version 4.7.0 should support WP versions 2.3 - 4.0. Since WordPress is constantly changing, this plugin will always strive to support the latest version of WordPress. As there are many security vulnerabilities reported, please always keep WordPress as up-to-date as possible. Unfortunately, we do not support older versions of WordPress or the non-current release of this plugin.

Go to the General tab in our settings. You can enter a single email address, or multiple if you comma-separate them. Automatic Updates Check out our video on how the automatic updating works in WordPress. https://vimeo.com/291084023

Check out our video on how logs work. https://vimeo.com/291084061

Since third-party providers use custom update mechanisms, we cannot always guarantee that they will work with Easy Updates Manager. Most will, but there are a number of common mistakes that plugin authors can make. Additional Information and FAQ For additional information and FAQs for Easy Updates Manager check out our website.