Toggle Auto Updates for One Theme (WebUI Method)
- Log in to the cPFence WebUI and select the server you want to manage.
- Go to Tools & Utilities ➜ WP-AutoShield Bulk Tools.
- Inside the Manage WP Themes card, open Enable One Theme Auto Updates or Disable One Theme Auto Updates.
- Enter the theme slug (for example
twentytwentythree) and confirm the action. - cPFence applies the setting to every detected site, or only the ones you picked with the site selector toggle.
This ensures a single theme stays patched automatically (or remains static) across dozens of installs without SSH access.
Command Line (CLI) Method
- Connect to the target server via SSH.
- Enable automatic updates for a theme slug:
cpfence --enable-auto-updates-theme "twentytwentythree" - Disable auto updates when needed:
cpfence --disable-auto-updates-theme "twentytwentythree"
Run cpfence --generate-wp-sites-list beforehand so you know exactly which installs will be affected.
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