When I try to automatically install updates to WordPress or plugins, I receive an error: An error occurred while updating… Could not create directory …/wp-content/upgrade/… My web host runs an Apache environment, and other WordPress websites I own don’t have this problem. I have CHMOD the /wp-content/upgrade folder to both 777 and 2777, without any … Read more
I’m able to update pip-managed packages, but how do I update pip itself? According to pip –version, I currently have pip 1.1 installed in my virtualenv and I want to update to the latest version. What’s the command for that? Do I need to use distribute or is there a native pip or virtualenv command? … Read more
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-site wordpress installation and I don’t want to spend my time doing the upgrades. I am willing to take the … Read more
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 updated! Before we send you on your way, we have to update your database to the newest version. The update process may take a little … Read more
I am currently working on a major update to one of my WordPress plugins. The plugin lets the user choose from several available skins. Quite often I get asked to create a custom skin. To prevent this skin from being deleted on upgrade I have to use a WordPress hook to disable automatic updates for … Read more
When we upgrade from 5.0.4 to 5.1.1 the site stops loading. The error message is Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function images_path() on null /wp-content/themes/mytheme/header.php on line 49 Line 49 is <?php $theme->images_path(); ?> above it in the same file is global $theme; $theme is created in functions.php as the instance of … Read more
Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for WordPress Development Stack Exchange. Closed 4 years ago. Improve this question I’m trying to upgrade to WP 3 but I’m getting a weird error when I try to do so: Downloading update … Read more
I have tried doing some research on this but haven’t found anything solid yet. I have a plugin I am working on and between the last version and the new version we made some updates to the widget that changes some of the settings names (on the backend) and I am having trouble creating an … Read more
In wp-admin/includes/update-core.php we find the following line: add_action( ‘_core_updated_successfully’, ‘_redirect_to_about_wordpress’ ); I want to remove this action, so I created a mu plugin with the following content: <?php # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- add_action( ‘_core_updated_successfully’, ‘t5_no_redirect_after_update’, 0 ); function t5_no_redirect_after_update() { remove_action( ‘_core_updated_successfully’, ‘_redirect_to_about_wordpress’ ); } It does … nothing. I am still redirected. Tested … Read more
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). 2 s 2 Configuration instructions in Codex on Enabling SSH Upgrade Access recommend either: Using SSH SFTP Updater Support plugin from official repository. Using … Read more
