Work on this feature began months ago. Currently, the auto-update feature is already implemented for plugins, and work is underway on adding it to WordPress' themes feature.

LOS ANGELES, March 24, 2025--Kinsta, a managed hosting provider for WordPress powered by Google Cloud Platform, is announcing a new feature: Kinsta Automatic Updates to make managing WordPress ...

Additionally, some plugin developers also found and tapped into the code to create either free or commercial plugins that allow users to customize the WordPress auto-update feature.

Kinsta’s Automatic Updates offer three features: Automatic Updates: Keeps your plugins and themes up to date without manual effort, saving time, increasing security and reducing maintenance ...