What does the WordPress Updates on/off button actually do?

[Kroptokin]

So. Plesk has a button to enable or not enable automatic updates of WordPress installations it knows about.

What does this do?

I toggled it and it didn't seem to effect the setting in my wp-config.php file:

//--- disable auto upgrade
define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true );

which remained like that whatever I did to the Plesk button.

Nor does it seem to set this setting either way:
define( 'WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE', false );

So. Is it something independent of WordPress? I.e. Plesk goes and gets the updates and applies them? If so - what updates is it getting - major changes or just minor ones?

Thanks

--Kropotkin

 

[abdi]

Its APS WP updates only!