filters - Cannot change the definition of AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED

I have several WordPress sites that I want to enable auto update. I installed Background Update Tester to verify that the updates were enabled correctly, but I get the following message:

FAIL: The AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED constant is defined as true.

It was defined as true in wp-config.php, but after I removed the line, it's still saying that the constant is true. I also tried to define the constant as false to no avail.

I also tried to add this filter inside a plugin:

add_filter('automatic_updater_disabled', '__return_false');

But WordPress still thinks the constant is true.

I ran a case insensitive grep for AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED on my entire Wordpress directory with no results (except for class-wp-automatic-updater.php, which seems to check the definition).

What could be the problem?

I have several WordPress sites that I want to enable auto update. I installed Background Update Tester to verify that the updates were enabled correctly, but I get the following message:

FAIL: The AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED constant is defined as true.

It was defined as true in wp-config.php, but after I removed the line, it's still saying that the constant is true. I also tried to define the constant as false to no avail.

I also tried to add this filter inside a plugin:

add_filter('automatic_updater_disabled', '__return_false');

But WordPress still thinks the constant is true.

I ran a case insensitive grep for AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED on my entire Wordpress directory with no results (except for class-wp-automatic-updater.php, which seems to check the definition).

What could be the problem?

• filters
• wp-config
• automatic-updates

Share Improve this question edited Jul 13, 2017 at 16:10 Johansson 15.4k1111 gold badges4343 silver badges7979 bronze badges asked Jul 13, 2017 at 15:55 ManuelManuel 922 bronze badges 4

• 3 Would you by any chance be on managed hosting? – Tom J Nowell ♦ Commented Jul 13, 2017 at 16:17
• I have the sites hosted on a VPS, but they were moved from a shared hosting site by GoDaddy. @TomJNowell – Manuel Commented Jul 14, 2017 at 17:54
• Sorry guys, I just figured out that it was PHP zend opcache that was preventing my configuration from changing. Is there a way to close this question? – Manuel Commented Jul 14, 2017 at 21:13
• You can write that down as an answer and mark it as the correct answer? – Tom J Nowell ♦ Commented Jul 14, 2017 at 23:59

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Have you looked at https://codex.wordpress.org/Configuring_Automatic_Background_Updates for help? Several options in there to enable/disable updates according to your needs?