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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WP 5 upgrade and ALTER TABLE wp_post ... post_password
I manage the server for a site with 30k+ posts. I've tried to update the site from WP 4.9.9 to current WP 5.0.2.
The update seems to work correctly, but then the backend becomes very slow, while the ...
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Customize plugin update "new version is available" text
I'm looking to customize the "There is a new version of XYZ available." text on the Plugins list page. I know the code is in wp-admin/includes/update.php, however I'm not certain how to call this out ...
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Website content not displayed anymore after updates
The last update was 5.0 and everything was normal, but it was mistakenly updated to 5.0.1 as well as the plugins (which were not deactivated prior to core update and were subsequently updated). The ...
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Wordpress Version 5 - Another update is currently in progress
I know that a similar question has been asked before, but this is NOT a duplicate because this is specific to Wordpress 5+ and the answers to the similar question have all been tried to no avail.
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Custom plugin which downloads updates from custom endpoint, extracts new version zip into a new name
I've built my own plugin, hooking into a combination of
site_transient_update_plugins
transient_update_plugins
plugins_api
to automatically query, along with passing the current plugin version to ...
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Possible to stay on Version 4?
The recent security Update to WP 5.0.1 also brough an update with Version 4 to 4.9.9.
I got a clients project which where build on swamp land ages ago. Every Update is Hoping nothing will happen.
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Getting 400 Bad request Error when trying to open posts after updating to wordpress 5.0
I have some Wordpress blogs and after updating to Wordpress 5.0, I am getting same error behavior on them.
Now When I open the URL of some of the posts, I am getting 400 Bad request error and on some ...
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Text lost under image after WordPress 5.0 upgrade
Right beneath the testimonial is the text <p>Tony (Property Manager)</p>, but it's overlapped by the WordPress 5.0 gallery that follows it. I don't think it's a float problem.
Here: http:/...
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What happend if I update my website?
I want to update my website (www.kerstlichtjestocht-loosdrecht.nl). But what happend if I do that? I want to use some plugins but they don't do it with my version of Wordpress. Can you see or give me ...
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Update WordPress - Another update is currently in progress
Update WordPress
Another update is currently in progress.
This message is displayed for a month already
I don't have any .maintenance files at my www's fodlers, subfolders
I don't have any ...
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Wordpress Not updating - No Cache Plugins, Admin sees updates
I have no cache plugins active, I have put CloudFlare in development mode and also tried pausing it. None of these work. Somehow there is something cached on Wordpress side and it does not show the ...
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How to update mu-plugin
I'm managing a wordpress site that was developed by another party, and they put a bunch of plugins in the mu-plugins folder. These plugins can't be updated via the default interface of WordPress, and ...
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Website does not reflect changes on live after uploading files via FTP
I have a Wordpress site that is already published on a domain. As I wanted to update the content of some pages, I edited the local version of my website on localhost and then uploaded the files using ...
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Wordpress not showing upgrade to latest version
One of my clients has a server with a bunch of Wordpress stand-alone sites all on their own vhosts. We are trying to upgrade to the latest version, but for three of the sites no upgrade is showing in ...
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`plugins_api()`: why does a commercial plugin changelog link result in a tailing plugins repo check and 500 error? [closed]
On some sites, I'm not able to load commercial plugin changelogs from update screen modal.
https://<site>/wp-admin/plugin-install.php?tab=plugin-information&plugin=ithemes-security-pro&...
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Is it safe to update an old site after backing it up and activating a child theme?
I am pretty new to WP and WooCommerce and have been asked to do some basic SEO work on a site which has not been updated for quite a while.
I created and activated a child theme and backed it up ...
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get 404 when accessing wp-admin/plugin-install.php
While freshly installed, I cannot access the 'Add new plugins` page whatsoever. It just keep waiting & then redirect me to 404 page of the current theme.
I'm not sure what went wrong as the ...
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Protecting WooCommerce Customizations with Update
I have made a custom Wordpress theme that has the basic Woo Commerce plugin installed.
I have made some custom html and css changes to the Woo templates for example:
* @see https://docs....
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When working with a post, almost all wp_postmeta are deleted
Almost all wp_postmeta removed after updating, deleting POSTS or editing ACF fields, messages what could be wrong?
If you export SQL tables before and after, you will get this:
u.p.d
A request ...
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Unable to update wordpress
I have created an ECS Instance in Alibaba Cloud using a Marketplace image powered by IGS(Wordpress on Centos 7.4 64Bits). The installation went fine, but when I am updating, I am getting asked for FTP ...
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mystery checkbox in comments area
Since I updated Wordpress, a checkbox appears in the comments area of my pages (see first screen capture). I did an "inspect element" and the checkbox seems to have to do with cookies consent (see ...
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Preventing a plugin from updating
I made some custom modifications to a plugin. When we get a notice that there is an official upgrade for this plugin in WP, a dev needs to manually do the upgrade because the changed files have to be ...
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Adding last value from Database as text in Wordpress Page
How to grab the last value of a database I have in Wordpress (accessible through myphpadmin or similar) and display it as part of a line of text on one of my pages? For example, the database has the ...
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How to update WordPress plugin readme.txt description page without triggering a plugin update?
Is it possible to update the readme.txt file for a plugin without releasing a new plugin version update?
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What ALL can cause "Another update is currently in progress."? [closed]
I have been digging through stuff and I can't seem to find any other reason for the "Another update is currently in progress."
To clarify I have already tried the Fix Another Update Is In Progress ...
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Wait for Gutenberg or built something in ACF?
I have a client who has requested something, that's straight out of the box, if I was using ACF. However... Gutenberg should be here any minute now and revolutionize who the editor works.
I've looked ...
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4.9.5 broke site behind load balancer, forwards to localhost [closed]
I have 2 wordpress web servers behind a load balancer. When updating from 4.9.4 to 4.9.5, these sites broke if accessed from the main domain (but continue to be accessible if I use their alternate ...
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Help with updating a wp_get_sites to get_sites and sorting by alphebetical order
I am trying to up date a form on a website that makes a dropdown list of all the sites available for registration on a WP Network site. It orders it by ID but I need to change that to Alphabetical. ...
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Regularity of Checking for plugin updates? [duplicate]
How often does the word press core check wordpress.org for plug in updates? Is it once a day or more? Is checking for updates triggered by some action or filter?
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Unmatch plugin from updates?
I have a plugin which I downloaded and removed alot off stuff I don't need from. I also renamed it for simplicity, but right now it is linked to some other plugin, close to the name I gave it.
If I go ...
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What are the properties of $item passed in the auto_update_{$type} filter?
I'm trying to auto update a theme only when it's a minor update. I know I can use the auto_update_{$type} filter where $type = theme. The only examples of using that filter I've seen have been using ...
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Force Plugin Updates: "Update Failed: Plugin update failed." after update one plugin
I'm developing a plugin that needs to do some force update checks for other plugins that I host on my site with EDD, so I had this UI:
And when the user clicks on the Update button, it does an API ...
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WP Core Update Issue
Hi I am having some issues with my wordpress install.
I am getting 500 server error on my wp-admin page.
From my error logs I am getting some issues with Yoast SEO and compatibility. From sources it ...
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How can I allow core, plugin, theme update checks only for selected admins?
How to disable core and plugin updates talks about generally disabling everything.
I'd like to keep update checks going for a select few admin accounts only. What's the best method? You can't check ...
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wp-admin pages return ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE
update-core.php, update.php, and options-general.php no longer work.
index.php, profile.php, plugins.php, upload.php, etc all still seem to work
I have tried deactivating every plugin and reverting ...
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Update and remove buttons are hidden in plugin's page
I used the 'Anti-Malware Security and Brute-Force Firewall' plugin to remove a couple of malware files into a WordPress site.
However i have the following issue: The update button has been removed ...
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Update to WordPress 4.9.2, but have heavily customized theme
My site (hosted on Wordpress.org) was heavily customized with a ton of CSS specifics done to the WordPress theme. This was done by the designer before me, and still trying to figure out what he did. ...
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Hook (upgrader_process_complete) running moment
i want to use the upgrader_process_complete (documentation) to check if my plugin was updated (to run some scripts).
My question is: when this action is triggered, WordPress is already running the ...
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WordPress update messed special characters
I updated WordPress core to the latest version and the result was less than perfect. All special font characters got messed up (site language is Polish) and it happened inside the admin panel too.
I, ...
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A shorter way to automatically update WordPress?
This is how I started to update WordPress daily:
cat <<-"CRON_DAILY" > /etc/cron.daily/nses_cron_daily
for dir in /var/www/html/*/; do cd "$dir" && /usr/local/bin/wp plugin ...
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Cannot upgrade anything in vps install (migrated wp)
I get this error in my wordpress_http_error.log
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/html/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader-skin.php(95): request_filesystem_credentials('update.php?acti...', 'ftpext', false, '/...
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Trigger Plugin database update after git pull
I have a couple of WordPress websites that I'm maintaining. The websites are on various git repositories (one for each site) with individual remotes.
Currently when there is a plugin update ...
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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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Making sure updates didn't break anything
I am tasked with updating plugins and core on a number of blogs that I am completely unfamiliar with (nothing weird about them, but I haven't worked with them before today).
What I need to do is ...
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Blank Wordpress admin/dashboard (7 updates pending)
So...... it's been forever since I've tended to my site from the inside out, I have 7 updates in total.
1 Wordpress update
4 Plug in updates
2 theme updates
Every page of my admin panel is blank (...
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WP-Admin shows (1) update but there is no update for plugin, theme or Wordpress
I am having a strange issue where in my wp-admin it says there is an update required. However I checked the Themes, Plugins and even reinstalled the latest version of Wordpress and it is still showing ...
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Plugin doesn't update it's version and code on WordPress.org
When I make changes into my code and change the version 1.00 to 1.1, and commit it to the SVN, nothing happens. Plugin doesn't show any new version on wordpress.org
The Plugins stays where it was, ...
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How to get the date of last updated post or page and put it in the footer
I want to show in the footer that my WordPress site has been updated recently, how can I show it on the the footer? There are codes that I find where they put the last update on the post, but I want ...
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Theme showing incorrect update
We have a totally custom theme that we have built in house, recently the WordPress updater has started saying the theme is out of date.
When I investigated this supposed update it links me to a ...
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getting notifications about updates only in the "core" page
I run a few WP sites and keep track of updates on a daily basis.
Normally, I go into the Plugins page and check if there are updates to the installed plugins accordingly.
Lately, I've found out that ...
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