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1. bergermark
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Hey,

   ever since wp 2.7 I am unsuccessfully trying to use the "automatic upgrade" feature. I start the upgrade and after WP says that it's downloading the new version, it gets stuck and nothing happens anymore.

   i am using mac os x 10.5.8 and safari 4.0.2.

   Thanks for your help!

   Mark

2. DigitalAlias
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   I'm having the same issue. I've had to manually upgrade WordPress each time. I just upgraded and now 2.8.4 is out! I tried the automatic upgrade and it's stuck doing the same thing -

   Could not copy file: /public_html/wp-content/upgrade/wordpress-2.8.4/wordpress/wp-comments-post.php
   Installation Failed

   I've changed the folder permissions to 0777 (/public_html/wp-content/upgrade), but I'm still getting that error. I'm in Windows 3.0.x and Linux 3.5.x.

3. flobaby
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   I just got mine to work after getting the same problem. Not sure which of these two things did it but I changed my permissions on that file to 777 and also deleted the previous upgrade folder (because I noticed it still said 2.8.3).

4. bergermark
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   What means changing the folders permission to 0777?

   i deleted the previous upgrade folders, but that didnt help.

5. tomazl
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Hi!

   I read all the posts and tried every suggested hint. Nothing worked. Then I just backuped the whole WordPress installation to a local drive, deleted WordPress installation on server and copied backup back to server. Automatic upgrade then worked like a charm on first try :). Take care about any directories/files that may need special rights re-established.

   I hope I will not have similar upgrade problems later on when new upgrade becomes available. I know this is not a real solution, more like time saver workaround.

6. jenngood
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   My upgrades have not been working either. I have at least 5 wordpress sites.

   They haven't been working for at least the last 3 versions. Is there anyone working on a fix?

   I also think the whole idea of having to use a user name and password to do the upgrades bites. It was so much better the old way.

7. gjperera
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   add the following line to the .htaccess file (the top of the file)

   AddType x-mapp-php5 .php

   That should do it!

8. mr.xofer
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   
   

9. tonusp
   Member
   Posted 3 years ago #
   

   Thanks gjperera! I had been having no luck with automatic upgrade (suddenly - it always used to work). Your tip made it work again - brilliant!

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