WordPress to Add Auto-Update Feature for Themes

The WordPress developer team is working on adding an auto-update mechanism to themes and plugins, a common source of website hacks, primarily because site owners usually install themes and plugins, and then forget to update them. Currently, the auto-update feature is already implemented for plugins, and work is underway on adding it to WordPress’ themes feature.

Once the auto-update option rolls out for the stable versions of the WordPress content management system (CMS), site owners will be able to configure themes and plugins to update themselves by checking an option in their site’s admin panels.

This feature is expected to reduce the number of hacked WordPress sites, once it rolls out with the upcoming WordPress 5.5 release.