There are a few reasons for this: Sometimes plugin updates are released with bugs. Updating less frequently allows the plugin developer to get rid of these bugs before we add them to your WordPress site. Batching more updates together means an easier manual review, which in turn means fewer chances for something to go wrong. We'll be doing all these updates on the weekend when most websites receive less traffic. That means a safer environment and minimal issues for your visitors. There is always an exception to the rule...for updates that fundamentally change a plugin (like WooCommerce) it takes longer for us to measure the impact making that update has to your site. We use a staging environment for all plugin updates, which keeps your live site running while we poke around to see if and what breaks with the update and figure out how to fix it. Once we're done we push those changes over to your live site during those off-peak hours.