v1.0.0
Initial release.
- Eligibility engine for plugins, themes, core branches and translations, with per-item exclusions kept in sync with the native auto-update options
- Releases that wordpress.org has flagged with
disable_autoupdate— pulled, or found harmful — are never installed, whatever the rest of the policy allows - Maintenance window with weekday selection, correct across midnight
- Scheduled update pass on the plugin's own cron event, leaving every WordPress core event untouched
- Safety delay of 1 to 90 days from a version's first sighting, covering plugins, themes and core
- Update log built from
automatic_updates_completeandupgrader_process_complete, with versions before and after, trigger source and outcome - E-mail alerts for failed updates, installed updates and available updates, sent one message per recipient so addresses are never disclosed to each other
- Status screen and Site Health test covering
DISALLOW_FILE_MODS,AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED,WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE,DISABLE_WP_CRON, third-party filters, filesystem access, version control, WP-Cron lateness and the recurrence of the core update-check events - Compatibility report and optional alert for plugins whose author has stopped declaring support for recent WordPress releases, counted against the real release history; plugins with no declaration, and plugins outside wordpress.org, are reported as such
- Test e-mail button on the Status screen
- Non-destructive import of Companion Auto Update settings
manage_update_pilotcapability, grantable to editors and authors; running an update pass additionally requires permission to install updates