# Disabling Automatic Updates

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-automatic-updates/264552>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 10, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-automatic-updates/264552 "2023-05-10T16:22:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disabling-automatic-updates/264552/7 "2023-05-10T17:43:15Z")

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Yep as per my comment above: you can’t install a plugin without a rebuild.

One of the main reasons for that is that plugins sometimes require a database migration.

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