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Improve your WordPress site security with Automatic Updates

March 11, 2017

Mshini Managed WordPress Hosting is proud to announce the release of the Automatic Updates tool.  It is available to all Mshini customers and may be accessed via the customer control panel.

With automatic updates enabled, Mshini will ensure that your WordPress core files, plugins and themes are automatically updated to the latest available versions on a weekly basis.  This not only makes your life easier, but significantly improves security and reduces the likelihood of your WordPress site(s) being compromised or hacked.

There are five main reasons for keeping every aspect of your WordPress site up to date, but it can be argued that security is the most important of all:

  1. Security
  2. Performance
  3. Bug fixes
  4. Compatibility
  5. Features

You may choose to have Mshini automatically update only your WordPress version or WordPress plugins or WordPress themes or all three (recommended).  A full site backup is created prior to your site being updated so that, in the event of something not working post update, your site may be quickly and simply restored to the latest working version.

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