Automatic Updates on WordPress.com hosting

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  zakariyatech · Member · Oct 12, 2019 at 4:26 pm

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  Hi, I was wondering if there is an option for sites hosted on wordpress.com to have plugins, themes and WordPress itself automatically updated.

  I know there are a couple of ways to do this if I was to host the site outside of WordPress.com but I want to know if it’s possible on wordpress.com.

  Thanks.

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  themagicrobot · Member · Oct 12, 2019 at 5:39 pm

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  WordPress.com is a customized version of the wordpress software that is regularly updated behind the scenes automatically for you. I don’t think themes here are updated as such (apart from security issues) but eventually when they get old/outdated they do get retired/replaced. To use extra plugins or themes beyond the standard ones here at WordPress.com would require you to upgrade to the Business plan.

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

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  zakariyatech · Member · Oct 12, 2019 at 7:35 pm

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  Thanks for answering.

  So if I was upgrade to the Business plan and install some extra plugins (that are not the standard WordPress.com plugins) would I need to manually update them?
  Or is there some feature to automatically update the plugins for me?