#WordPress All in One SEO automatic updates cause negative reactions
WordPress All in One SEO automatic updates cause negative reactions:
The All in One SEO plugin for WordPress unilaterally enabled automatic updates.
The automatic updates coincided with a major upgrade which in turn led to multiple site outages and other unintended behavior.
Automatic updates without consent:
Auto Update is a feature that allows plugins to update automatically without any editor action.
The common expectation is that this is something a publisher opts for.
Some publishers back up their WordPress installations before updating.
That way if something is wrong they can easily revert it to the previous state.
With automatic updates, it is no longer possible to save a backup before the update.
A bad update can be a major problem that becomes more difficult without a proper backup.
A changelog is a notation of what the changes are in an update.
The original post on the private Facebook group presented the situation as an ethical issue as to whether a plugin publisher has a responsibility to expressly communicate that a change in auto-update functionality is underway.
Many people felt that automatic updates should always be the user's choice.
Response on Twitter:
Several editors have tweeted that the auto-update option should not be enabled by default.
Comments from All in One SEO editors:
There have been several negative reports of auto-update comments on the WordPress plugin repository support page.
There is a whole support thread full of angry editors who have complained that All in One SEO is updating automatically despite the plugin not updating automatically.
Multiple All in One SEO 4.X Updates:
It was a rough start as a second update to 4.01 followed the same day to resolve a database issue.
The All in One SEO plugin has released a total of twelve updates to address a large number of issues, apparently dozens of bugs.
Automatic updates can be useful for publishers whose sites are not particularly complex.
Backing up a site is a prudent step to take before updating.
Many people believe that publishers should have the choice of accepting automatic updates.
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