Avoid deactivated plugins when manually calling wp_maybe_auto_update() function

manually-call-wp_maybe_auto_update.php

<?php

/**
 * Manually calling wp_maybe_auto_update() results in plugins getting deactivated during the update process.
 * WP assumes this function is run during cron, and it neither deactivates nor reactivates plugins during cron.
 * When run outside of cron, it will deactivate plugins, but it assumes the browser will refresh and reactivate them.
 * To prevent deactivated plugins when calling this function, we can trick the upgrader into thinking it's called during cron.
 *
 * @link https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41541968/plugins-are-getting-deactivated-after-automatic-plugin-update-in-wordpress
 */
add_filter( 'wp_doing_cron', '__return_true' );
wp_maybe_auto_update();
remove_filter( 'wp_doing_cron', '__return_true' );