Questions tagged [updates]
An update is a source code that is applied on top of the existing software or program with an aim to fix security vulnerabilities, bugs and improve usability.
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Updates for a private plugin?
If I write a private plugin, is there any way to use the WordPress auto-update mechanism to update it?
I want to encapsulate the functionality, but it's specific to my own 5 or so blogs, so it's not ...
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Get rid of Another update is currently in progress
I was trying to update my wordpress core to 4.5.1 but my system was missing some permissions, and now after giving correct permission, I cannot get rid of that message and I cannot upgrade.
Tried to ...
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to perform the requested action wordpress needs to access your web server. please enter your ftp
I'm following Changing File Permissions « WordPress Codex, yet when I'm try to update and/or install plugin and/or theme through wp-admin, I'm getting following:
To perform the requested action, ...
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Disable update notification for individual plugins
Is there a way to disable update notifications for specific plugins?
As a plugin developer, I have some plugins installed on my personal site using the svn trunk version for testing, but the same ...
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What is your best practice to execute one-time scripts?
The Problem
We all have been in a situation like this, and a lot of questions on this site need a solution like this. You either have to update a database, insert a lot of data automatically, convert ...
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How can I stop WordPress from prompting me to enter FTP information when doing updates?
How can I stop WordPress from prompting me to enter FTP information when doing updates?
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Admin user can't update WP
I have a site running WP 3.3.2. The backend shows a bar saying "WordPress 3.5 is available! Please notify the site administrator."
Funny thing is that I'm logged in with an admin user, I double ...
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what is the correct way to update a plugin via tortoise svn to the repository?
I'm embarrassed to say that I am a bit clueless on the procedure used to update a plugin via tortoise svn even though my plugin has been on the repository for years and had over 300,000 downloads!
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Customizing a WordPress theme without changing it?
I have found and downloaded a theme. However I want to tweak the CSS some to change the design, colours etc. a bit. How should I go about doing this, while still being able to update the theme without ...
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An unexpected error occurred. Something may be wrong with WordPress.org or this server’s configuration
I'm running WordPress on a localhost WAMP server and whenever I go to "Plugins" or "Dashboard > Updates" or even to "Dashboard" nothing loads (no WordPress news, no updates, and I'm not able to search ...
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Making update notification functionality for my themes
the question is simple :) I am making a theme that i will use in lots of sites. So, i don't want to go all the site and ftp the files every time i fix a bug or do a theme upgrade.
Is there any way i ...
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Remove update nags for non-admins [duplicate]
I'm trying to remove or hide the update nags for non-admin users. As an admin, I see:
The popular answer I've seen to handle this says to use:
function hide_update_nag() {
if ( !current_user_can(...
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No CSS being loaded on backend
I have a WordPress installation on AWS and I was facing an issue that authors are not able to submit content like media in one go and a time-out error occurs. After refreshing the page 5-6 times ...
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Can I upgrade a plugin to a specific version?
I am testing plugin upgrades on a staging instance before applying them to production. But if there are any delays in this process, I may end up being prompted to upgrade to a newer, untested version ...
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Why are there updates for obsolete WordPress versions?
Today milestone 3.3.3 was completed – five days after version 3.4. I have seen the same with milestone 3.2.2 which was never released.
WordPress does not offer any long term support as Matt once ...
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How should I structure a WP website project using git and updating from WP dashboard?
For months I've been trying to plan out a good project structure for using git version control for WordPress website development that doesn't sacrifice the ability to update core and plugins through ...
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How to implement WordPress plugin update that modifies the database?
I develop a WordPress plugin, which has several database tables of its own. The plugin creates these tables when activated, and removes them when deleted/uninstalled.
I have to implement an update ...
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Why does WordPress need my private ssh key to update?
Configuring WordPress to update within the application (i.e. WordPress) is ideal for me because of its convenience. Nonetheless, I'm troubled by the requirements. The requested fields that show up ...
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Filter any HTTP request URI?
I want to filter any HTTP request URI done through the HTTP API.
Use cases:
The WordPress update check goes to http://api.wordpress.org/core/version-check/1.6/, but https://api.wordpress.org/core/...
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WP-CLI not recognizing commercial plugin updates
I'm running into an issue I haven't encountered before where WP-CLI is not recognizing plugin updates for commercial plugins.
The plugin updates appear in my WordPress dashboard, but running ../wp-...
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How to create custom message on plugin update
I saw this message today when accessing my plugin page:
So, how do I create this if I want to update my own plugins that's hosted on wordpress?
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Plugin SVN & update API - how are plugins identified?
One thing that's never been clear to me (especially since I haven't submitted a plugin to the repository) is how a plugin's unique "ID" (slug) is generated (i.e. this list).
Is it a choice by the ...
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Error Warning: Declaration of description_walker::start_el after PHP upgrade [duplicate]
I upgraded my PHP to 7.0 and after this I have this message in the header of my website:
Warning: Declaration of description_walker::start_el($output, $item, $depth, $args) should be compatible with ...
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What are the best practices for updating?
Don't want to do anything to take down my blog. Here are some upgrade-related questions:
How often should Wordpress be updated?
What is the best way to do it?
How to know if there is a problem with ...
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Enable update notification, disable updates
There are a lot of question on how to disable updates and/or removing update notifications. But all solutions that disable the update also disable the update notifications.
But I want to disable the ...
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Update Wordpress with SFTP instead of FTP
Is there a way to update Wordpress without the use of FTP, but with SFTP (which uses SSH)? I've only got my server set up for SSH access (and therefore SCP/SFTP).
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Update plugin from personal API
I'm developing a wordpress plugin at the moment which I do not want in the Wordpress plugin repository. However I still want to be able to push updates to my costumers from my own API repository.
I'...
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Update to older wordpress version from admin?
I have a Wordpress 2.7.x setup that I would like to migrate to the latest version 3.2.1, however I need to make a stepped-upgrade as some plugins need an older version first (3.0.6 IIRC).
However ...
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Set custom messages for post update/save
I am trying to make a custom message instead of the default message when i save a post, does anybody know how to do it!
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After updating WP keeps nagging about a newer version. Why?
I updated WP to version 3.9.2 (currently the latest) via Git which works fine. However, in the admin it keeps on telling me “a newer version is available”. After some digging somehow it appears to be ...
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How can I manually upgrade translations?
I've recently upgraded a Wordpress site to the latest WP version (3.9). I also upgraded the themes and plug-ins that needed it.
Unfortunately, WP's automatic upgrade features are not compatible with ...
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Automating the Backup Process (30+ websites)
I run an increasing number of WordPress sites, as well as several for clients - and logging in to perform upgrades is becoming tiresome. I'm looking for a means of automating the process, preferably ...
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Prevent/Disable Automatic Update Check
WordPress automatically checks for updates to itself and all installed themes and plugins. This adds an annoyingly long delay to loading (any) WordPress pages. In only happens once per day and ...
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Unable to locate WordPress Content directory (wp-content)
I have tried to update my plugins in wordpress-admin but for some reason i am receiving an error "Unable to locate WordPress Content directory (wp-content)" I have checked on my server and the folder ...
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Best practices for monitoring the need for future updates on a theme that I developed?
I recently developed a theme which has been accepted into the WordPress repository. I want to keep this updated for my users. What is the recommended way to monitor the theme's need for updates?
My ...
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Wordpress 3.9 Database Update Infinite Loop
I recently updated my blog's Wordpress version to 3.9. After running the update I received this message upon trying to access the admin panel.
Database Update Required
WordPress has been ...
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Real automated and unattended wordpress upgrade including plugins
I'm looking for a truly automated way to upgrade wordpress and its plugins, something that i could put in the crontab and configure it to run daily.
I have several wordpress plugins (>20) and a multi-...
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Does WordPress Change the .htaccess File When Updating?
I've just implemented a new WP website, replacing an older hardcoded HTML site. I will be adding 301 redirects in the .htaccess file to point the old URIs to the new WP Permalinks.
My questions is, ...
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“Unexpected error” on update requests
It needs connectivity to wordpress.org and is timing out. I am behind a corporate firewall. I have never had this issue come up before in previous versions. Why does themes.php need access to ...
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Why "Contact Form 7" doesn't update PHPmailer library?
I realized that popular Wordpress plugin Contact Form 7 uses this library https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer.
When I check source of mail, which has been sended from Contact Form 7, it looks like ...
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Does the event 'wp_version_check' even exist? What is it doing?
In version 4.1 of /wp-includes/update.php around line 674, there's this line:
add_action('wp_version_check', 'wp_version_check');
I searched through all the wordpress core files for a do_action('...
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Does wordpress create activity, update logs?
Does wordpress create any dated logs of activity?
ie core updates, plugin download dates etc?
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Can't install new plugins because of the error "Could not create directory"
A faculty member is having difficulties with a instructional wordpress install. Fixing individual permission problems has been hit and miss, and have become a perennial pain, so I'll ask here. What ...
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Removing the "Your backup folder MIGHT be visible to the public" Message Generated by the WP-DBManager Plugin
I upgraded a client's WordPress from 2.8 to 3.0.1 and after upgrading I am now receiving this message in the dashboard:
Your backup folder MIGHT be visible to
the public
To correct this ...
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Remove "Time to upgrade" message from dashboard
So far I've been using the following code to remove the dashboard update message ("WordPress 3.5 is available! Please update now."):
remove_action('wp_version_check', 'wp_version_check');
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How can I lock down an old wordpress install I don't intend to update?
I am starting a new wordpress blog, and no longer updating an old one.
The old one still gets 400-500 hits a day, so I would like to keep it up for archival purposes, as people still link to its posts....
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Why can't I update username through Wordpress API?
I'm just wondering about usernames... Why isn't is possible to change this through Wordpress API? (I understand why a user in the admin dashboard can't change username(s) but that isn't really same ...
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How to create a Wordpress plugin for another wordpress plugin?
I always do changes on the Wordpress plugins for clients. But these changes are always in danger to be lost if the plugin is updated.
Is there is a way to make a plugin for another plugin in ...
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Auto-updating Wordpress from a local zip file
I have a Wordpress blog hosted on a server without outgoing network. Therefore, Wordpress cannot check for a new version and/or update automatically to a new version.
Currently, the only ways I'm ...
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Automatic updates in plugin - not hosted on wordpress repository
I'm coding a plugin which probably will have updates in the future, and I want to take advantage of the automatic update mechanism in wordpress.
I followed this tutorial:
Everything seemed quite ...
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