I just did my first upgrade, and kept on entering my MySQL host name on the first line of the upgrade form although the rest of the form asks for your FTP information. When I finally understood (pretty obvious, I realize now) that I should enter my FTP host name, it all went very smoothly. Perhaps you could add the 3 letters "FTP" to the first line of this form, as in the other lines, to help out other beginners.
Add "FTP" in Upgrade form, first line (2 posts)
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Martacat
Posted 4 months ago # -
The paragraph before says :
To perform the requested action, WordPress needs to access your web server. Please enter your FTP credentials to proceed. If you do not remember your credentials, you should contact your web host.
Since, at no point in time, does any install (theme or plugin) or upgrade ask for your Database information, it's safely understood that we're talking about FTP here. Also, when referenced, 'database' hostname is mentioned as 'Database name', complete with the suggestion to use 'localhost' in most cases (this is looking at the install page).
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