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Companion Auto Update

v3.9.4

Manage all updates on your WordPress site. Stay in the know with several optional e-mail notifications and logs. For free.

by Papin Schipper · Website

autocontrolsafetysecurityupdate
Rank
#815 24h 0 · 7d -1
Est. installs
48,681 High confidence
Total downloads
4.2M all time
Rating
4.8 ★ 105 reviews
Official installs
40,000+ public bucket
Support threads
3 last 2 months
Support resolved
0% of threads
Tested up to
WP 6.9.10 compatibility

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Maintenance & compatibility

7 months ago

Last release

Version
3.9.4
Requires WP
5.3.0
Requires PHP
7.4
On WP.org since
2016

About Companion Auto Update

Companion Auto Update is a WordPress plugin by Papin Schipper, first published on WordPress.org in 2016. It has 40,000+ active installations and 4,230,967 downloads in total, and ranks #815 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it slipped 1 place. Users rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 105 reviews. Version 3.9.4 was released 7 months ago. It is tested up to WordPress 6.9.10 and requires WordPress 5.3.0 and PHP 7.4 or later. In the last two months, 0 of 3 support threads were marked resolved (0%). It is listed under auto, control, safety, security and update. Plugins with a similar focus include Modular DS, Simple Automatic Updates and MainWP Dashboard.

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