How often do you update core/theme/plugins?

we typically schedule plugin updates a few days to weeks after the release of the latest version this delay allows for a buffer period during which potential issues with the update can be identified and addressed while there’s no one size fits all approach, we consider the following general guidelines regular updates to the wordpress core, themes, and plugins are essential to security updates often include patches for known vulnerabilities, enhancing the overall security of your website stability updates can address bugs and improve the stability of your site, preventing unexpected issues performance new features and optimizations introduced in updates can enhance the performance of your website factors influencing update frequency we consider the following factors when deciding how often to update security releases immediately update for critical security releases to safeguard your site against potential threats regular maintenance schedule routine updates for non critical releases to maintain the health of your website compatibility we ensure that updates are compatible with your existing themes and plugins to avoid conflicts before applying updates to the live site, bionicwp implements the following testing procedures staging environment we test updates in a staging environment to identify and resolve potential issues before affecting the live site regression testing verifying that updated components do not adversely impact existing features or functionalities if you think your updates are taking too long, take a look at https //bionicwp com/knowledge base/why are my plugin updates taking so long/ article where we explain in detail our https //bionicwp com/knowledge base/why are my plugin updates taking so long/ feel free to mailto\ support\@bionicwp com for any questions!