wp_maybe_auto_update

Performs WordPress automatic background updates.

Description

wp_maybe_auto_update();

Usage

if ( !function_exists( 'wp_maybe_auto_update' ) ) { 
    require_once ABSPATH . WPINC . '/update.php'; 
} 
 
  
// NOTICE! Understand what this does before running. 
$result = wp_maybe_auto_update();

Defined (1)

The function is defined in the following location(s).

/wp-includes/update.php

function wp_maybe_auto_update() { 
    include_once( ABSPATH . '/wp-admin/includes/admin.php' ); 
    include_once( ABSPATH . '/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php' ); 
 
    $upgrader = new WP_Automatic_Updater; 
    $upgrader->run(); 
}