Updater

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This plugin allows you to update plugins and WP core.

Author:bestwebsoft (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:5.6
WordPress version tested:6.9
Plugin version:1.48
Added to WordPress repository:22-01-2013
Last updated:03-12-2025
Rating, %:94
Rated by:52
Plugin URI:https://bestwebsoft.com/products/wordpress/pl...
Total downloads:197 334
Active installs:2 000+
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Updater by BestWebSoft is a reliable WordPress plugin that automatically updates your website’s core, plugins, themes, and translation files to the latest versions.

Choose between automatic and manual update modes. Set custom update schedules, exclude specific plugins or themes from updating, and receive detailed email notifications about available updates and results — all without needing FTP access.

With built-in backup options and compatibility with products from Envato, Updater helps you keep your WordPress site secure, up-to-date, and running smoothly.

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Free Features

  • Select update mode:
    • Manual
    • Auto
  • Search updates and update:
    • WordPress
    • Plugins
    • Themes
    • Translations
  • Set the update search and update frequency
  • Get email notification
    • About new versions
    • After updating
  • Set the recipient email address
  • Customize “FROM” field
  • Compatible with latest WordPress version
  • Incredibly simple settings for fast setup without modifying code
  • Detailed step-by-step documentation and videos
  • Multilingual and RTL ready

Pro Features

All features from Free version included plus:

  • Exclude certain plugins, themes from automatic updates
  • Exclude inactive plugins and themes from automatic updates
  • Compatible with Envato (update products purchased on Envato)
  • Create database and files backup before updating
  • Backup all:
    • Folders
    • Tables
  • Delete old backups automatically
  • Disable WordPress core auto update
  • Get answer to your question within one business day (Support Policy)

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If you have a feature suggestion or idea you’d like to see in the plugin, we’d love to hear about it! Suggest a Feature

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Help & Support

Visit our Help Center if you have any questions, our friendly Support Team is happy to help – https://support.bestwebsoft.com/

Translation

  • Russian (ru_RU)
  • Ukrainian (uk)
  • French (fr_FR)
  • Italian (it_IT)
  • Arabic (ar)
  • German (de_DE)
  • Spanish (es_SP)

Some of these translations are not complete. We are constantly adding new features which should be translated. If you would like to create your own language pack or update the existing one, you can send the text of PO and MO files to BestWebSoft and we’ll add it to the plugin. You can download the latest version of the program for work with PO and MO files Poedit.

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