Fresh install of FreedomBox and I just did a manual update. WordPress is still 6.1.6 but the latest is 6.6.2.
That little bit of difference would be fine but nearly half the plugins in the wordpress repository are telling me I can’t install them until I update wordpress core. I tried that within wp-admin but it thinks it has the latest.
So now my choices are manually updating wordpress by replacing folder/files or go find an older version of any plugin I want and manually installing them.
Judging from a post last year, it looks like plugins and themes need to be manually updated all the time anyway.
WordPress updates are too frequent imho. On the other hand, since it’s the most popular web app script in the world, it’s also the biggest target for hacking.
EDIT;
I see now that it’s a debian thing by looking at wp-config. No auto update core as it should be a package update. “debianized wordpress”
Manually updated it and can now install any plugin in the wp repository.