Questions tagged [upgrade]
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Forbidden 403 error, permission to access, unable to read htaccess
Recently clean-installed (with exception of themes and content/upload folders) an old wordpress to the latest Wordpress 4.2.2.
I continue to get this error below whenever I load files such as style....
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Version upgrade: can my plugin filter the SQL statements issued during a database upgrade?
Background: I have a plugin with the purpose of changing up the indexes on some of WordPress's tables to make them more efficient for large sites. The plugin changes some primary and other keys for ...
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Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'firstChild' of null after upgrading to WordPress 5.5
I am getting the following error from comment-reply.min.js (which seems to be a WordPress file):
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'firstChild' of null
at comment-reply.min.js?ver=...
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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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I wonder if anyone could shed some light for me. I have updated wordpress and one of my plugins has stopped working, which is also up to date. I have narrowed it down to exactly what isnt working the ...
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Why does WordPress 4.2.2 require FTP to update?
I am trying to update to WordPress 4.2.2, but it requires FTP details.
Considering that everything WordPress-related is assigned to apache, and the server runs as apache, shouldn’t WordPress be able ...
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Should I be able to run two different "close" code versions of wordpress with the same DB
A concrete example - I am upgrading to 4.1 from 4.0, the upgrade was successful but I discovered that a plugin broke. Can I just revert the code.
The real live issue I am facing is having two ...
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Upgrade Private Plugin without Deleting
I've seen numerous questions asking a way to update a private plugin by checking to self-hosted repository, or update plugin from personal API, but my question is quite different.
As we all know, if ...
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Hook before & after plugin / core update
I'm working on a maintenance plugin for my website and I want to enable it before plugin/core upgrade starts and disable it after plugin/upgrade ends.
Any ideas ? Thanks! :)
PS: all I know is I can ...
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Why is Wordpress upgrade process not using WP_TEMP_DIR?
I am setting up a special Wordpress deployment that has all dynamically uploaded and modified files stored in a single location.
Wordpress provides constants that allow to modify location of all but ...
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Can't upgrade WP 5.6 to 5.6.1: version-current.php is missing
As it says: I'm currently running WP 5.6 (on top of PHP 7.4.13 and CentOS 7.9.2009), and I got a notification that WP 5.6.1 is available, and that I should upgrade. I'm trying this via the "...
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Custom theme updater - random string in new theme name
I am making a theme that will be updateable via github.
https://github.com/pallazzio/skeleton
I am trying to use the plugin updater tutorial from smashing magazine, modified for updating a theme ...
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Upgrading from 3.2.1 to current
I had a Wordpress blog running on a server that suddenly disappeared on me. I have backups of both the files & the database, but I was running v3.2.1.
I have access to a new server that runs the ...
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4.2.2 stuck in an db upgrade loop with "Call to undefined method wpdb::get_col_length()"
During an automatic upgrade to 4.2.2 I am getting a blank screen on upgrading the database and the following error in the php.log:
[Mon Jun 29 08:48:10 2015] [error] [client 127.12.209.129] PHP ...
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Upgrading Across Multiple Versions
Codex's recommendations on Upgrading Across Multiple versions says:
If you plan on upgrading across more than two major releases, please
consider upgrading incrementally to avoid potential ...
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Why did my manual upgrade fail?
I have an old intranet site running on 3.6.2 and tried to manually upgrade it to 4.1.1. After moving the files over the site just "spins". I have manually upgraded our sites literally 100 times (...
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wp_get_archives custom function broken since upgrading to WP 3.7.1
I've upgraded a site I'm working on to the latest WP, but it appears the function I wrote for splitting wp_get_archives() into years is now broken and I can't find out why. I've turned on debugging, ...
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HTTPS Warning and Certificate Error when Updating Network
Is there a workaround for this error?
Warning! Problem updating https://[host]/[blabla]. Your server may not be able to connect to sites running on it.
Error message: Peer certificate cannot be ...
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WordPress Users API throwing 403 Forbidden error
I have an personal website in WordPress, recently I upgrade my WordPress version to 6.2.2.
Its decoupled site, frontend in react & WordPress rest API I am using to populate post on my site.
After ...
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Is it safe to upgrade WordPress 4.9.23 to 6.2.2 and WPBakery 5.5.5 to 6.13.0?
I am in charge of a WordPress site that has had some very outdated plugins and themes. First, I upgraded PHP on the hosting from 7.0 to 7.4 which caused some PHP warnings that I got fixed by changing &...
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Do core themes normally allow automatic upgrades?
I understand that in general WordPress core and plugins automatically upgrade themselves, depends on the theme, but is it true for core themes?
I am planning to create a website which is basically all ...
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Theme Options wp_editor breaks with 6.0.2 update
I'm in the process of migrating my sites to a new server (windows -> nginx). One of my old themes has 4 options pages. One of the options pages includes 3 wp_editor instances. However, all 4 ...
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Trying to revive an old wordpress site, but newer versions of wordpress install a different db structure
I'm trying to revive a site that worked in 2015. The theme is custom, and contains custom post types, pages, and a bunch of standard posts.
When I use Wordpress 4.4 (the version that this last worked ...
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URL structure for dynamic content broken since upgrade to 5.8
I have recently upgraded from wordpress 4.7 to 5.8 (I know a bit of a big jump).
In the old version I could dynamically change the page content using the following url structure:
example.local/courses/...
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Error regarding invalid file permissions for upgrading WordPress version
I recently installed wordpress and am working with it locally. The WordPress folder is at the following path: usr/share/wordpress
But the version of WordPress is WordPress 4.9.5 and I want to update ...
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After upgrade my WordPress version 5.4.4 to 5.6, I can not set my homepage
I had a machine use the wamp64 server and PHP 7.3.5 to build my WordPress site,
and I just click the upgrade button to set my WordPress version 5.4.4 to 5.6 form the dashboard.
After the upgrade is ...
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WordPress wp get_temp_dir return non exiting folder, thus failing plugin & themes update
Problem: All pluging & themes updates fail on folder does not exist or unavialble (WP. 5.3.2)
After research I found that in wp-admin/file.php in function: download_url
the call to wp_tempnam() ...
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Updatable theme developing
I made a wordpress theme and I want to sell it and support the theme for a time so I need update the theme.However I dont know how to do it? Also I wonder if I make new version as full theme, Will ...
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Can I replace the "Upgrade Network" with SQL query?
I have a WordPress Multisite network. When the WordPress version has been updated, I have to click on "Upgrade Network" for do same thing on all subsites.
How can I replace this function with one SQL ...
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How to upgrade wordpress version?
My website is running on WordPress version 4.9.8.
When I go to <mysite>/wp-admin/update-core.php, it says,
You have the latest version of WordPress. Future security updates will
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How come there is no error if I upgrade WordPress core after locking .htaccess permissions to 644?
How come there is no error if I upgrade WordPress core after locking .htaccess' permissions to 644?
I upgrade WordPress this way basically:
wp plugin update --all
wp core update
wp language core ...
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Media library corrupted after upgrading to 4.9.6
I just upgraded WP to 4.9.6. My WP installation is on Windows 10 in a XAMPP installation, running as a virtual server on my laptop.
I migrated this site from a remote LAMP server, with mostly ...
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Custom Wordpress Core upgrade through wp-cli
I'm trying to do a custom wordpress core upgrade through wp-cli, theres an GUI upgrade hang issue in kubernetes when AWS EFS storage is used. For me wp core upgrade works great. I need somekind of ...
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Upgrading a wordpress site to its newest version
I maintain a website for my wife called www.delscookingtwist.com. Recently she decided to change her theme. That was big enough a change that I could not simply do it on the live version (which, ahem, ...
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How does WordPress get the upgrade URL?
Can anyone point me to the location in the code where WordPress gets the core update url (eg: https://downloads.wordpress.org/release/en_AU/wordpress-4.8.2.zip)?
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WP website won't accept any new content - need dedicated hosting?
I can't add any more content to the website. Theme devs said to increase limits on the server (memory_limit, max_input_vars, max_execution_time). We upgraded a package with the host, and tried to ...
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Site showing version 4.1.16 as latest version
Someone I know has a WP site that is running 4.1.16 and I advised to upgrade it to 4.7.3
Weirdly though it is showing 4.1.16 as the latest version. Apart from solving this by doing a fresh install of ...
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After Upgrade: $user becomes unknown (id: 0) after successful login?
I just disabled all plugins, and then upgraded my WP to 4.7.3. And then first thing i do is to login as Administrator to the Panel.
Then i'm getting:
Sorry, you are not allowed to access this page
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Upgrade routine: Interaction with user confirmation
See also here after a second think, this question is wp oriented, so I move it to here.
I try to develop a wordpress plugin, which can be upgraded smoothly and more importantly, I want the user to ...
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Login screen keeps resetting?
This problem occurred after I upgraded Wordpress and the screen went blank. Prior to upgrading, I deactivated one of the plugins on the site cuz it was preventing me from accessing the plugins page ...
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Button for users to upgrade their user role + Button to show current user role!
I have a blog with different user roles and therefore different user permission levels.
From time to time, I would like to give my registered users the possibility to upgrade their current user role (...
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Infinite Loop after Genesis Theme Upgrade
I'm running WordPress on Microsoft Azure, and I've been having a lot of timeout errors any time I try to install or update plugins/themes. (I'm using a custom child theme, based on Genesis.) Today, I ...
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Best method to upgrade WordPress and Plugins
I'm wondering what is the best method to upgrade WordPress, is it the "One Click" method or "Manual" update. I've used both methods, part of my process is to first test upgrades on my local machine ...
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Getting 404 pages when upgrading from 3.5.2 to 4.1.1
So strange but after doing a manual upgrade, most of the pages work except for these:
http://www.swa1.design2dev.com/report_card/commitments/country-commitments/burundi/
this works though: http://...
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WordPress not updated correctly
I have hosted my website with grendlehosting site.I have my domain is being hosted there with wordpress installed. I had WordPress 2.x. then I tried to update my WordPress to 4.1. but after the update,...
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Upgrade local version of WordPress - links point to live site
I've got my local development version of WordPress and I'd like to upgrade the installation. However, the WordPress 4.0 is available! Please update now. link points to the Live site.
All the settings ...
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upgrade v. 2.8.5 to latest version of wordpress
Is it possible to upgrade WordPress version 2.8.5 to 3.9.2? I am trying to upgrade but the WordPress give me the link to download the latest version of WordPress. If it is possible, how am I going to ...
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What is a good way to test that plugin upgrades have completed properly?
I'm working to automate plugin upgrades across all my WordPress installs. Part of that process is making sure the plugins upgraded correctly, didn't introduce errors and don't cause new conflicts with ...
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Getting 404 after Update in Multisite
we have a multisite install width the following structure:
http://domain.com/pages/myblog
Where "pages" is blog 1.
Other site in the network have domains like:
http://anotherdomain.com/pages/blog
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installed Wordpress but can't upgrade or add plugins due to webdav https?
Uploaded wordpress and themes via webdav https but can't seem to add plugins or upgrade Wordpress. I'm presuming the is a webdav security feature?
Is there any way around it?
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