{"version":"2.1.281","anchor":"plugins-from-the-plugin-directory-auto-update-by-default","canonical_anchor":"plugins-from-the-plugin-directory-auto-update-by-default","heading":"Plugins from the plugin directory auto-update by default","tier":"notice","area":"Plugins","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281\/e\/plugins-from-the-plugin-directory-auto-update-by-default","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.281","markdown":"### Plugins from the plugin directory auto-update by default\n\nPlugins installed from the plugin directory now update automatically unless you set `autoUpdate` yourself\n\n**Unclear.** The finding does not say how a plugin comes to have the plugin directory as its source.\n\n**What**\n\nA plugin is an add-on that extends Claude Code. Plugins whose source is the plugin directory now update automatically by default, the same way plugins from claude.ai already did. If you have set `autoUpdate` for a plugin yourself, your setting still takes priority.\n\n**Why**\n\nThese plugins now stay current without you doing anything. To keep one on its current version, set `autoUpdate` to off for it.\n\n- Area: Plugins\n- Names: `autoUpdate`\n- Tier: You'll notice\n- Useful: 3\/5\n- Signal: 3\/5"}