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1. myung
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I use the automatic upgrade feature many times previously without any problem. However, it fails this time with the following message (nothing happen after the line "Unpacking the update.":

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   Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8.6.zip.

   Unpacking the update.

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   Any clue ?

   Thanks in advance.

   Regards,
   Michael

2. myung
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   BTW, I checked and the zip file was downloaded ok (2,355,239 bytes) to my host ... just nothing happened afterward. Also, the permission of the "upgrade" directory is 755 all along.

3. andixx
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Michael,
   try deactivating your plugins first - especially something "unusual" - other than the most common ones. I had the exact problem running the WP e-commerce plugin, the update would stall while it was active.

   after deactivating WP e-commerce, the update went through.
   regards,

   Andy

4. Farokh
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Apart from it highly inconvenient to have to deactivate all the plugins, this solution did not work for me.

   Messages:
   Unpacking updates
   Could not copy files
   Installation failed

   All folders have full read/write/execute access. Previous updates have been seamless.

5. myung
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thanks Andy.

   I disabled all the plug-ins and upgrade again ... and it worked. Thanks a lot !! ... even though I still don't know why ...

   Many thanks again !!

6. fembatty
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Thank you andixx for your suggestion. Worked beautifully for me.

7. a_johnson
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I suspect that this might be because of your allotted server memory. 1and1 for instance only allows 20MB per account. (Yes, I did say 20MB) So, if you are running plugins that are hitting that limit, your upgrade won't happen.

8. quoindesign
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Has anyone else noticed their dashboard missing its toolbar in 2.8.6? My buttons on the dashboard also aren't working.

9. andixx
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   @myung, @a_johnson: I am no PHP guru by all means, but what I suspect is that the plugins call for various core WP engine files that, while being used, can not be overwritten. kind of like trying to delete files in use on your computer. that's what made me try disabling the plugins.

   perhaps one of the WP experts here can explain that for us.

10. a_johnson
    Member
    Posted 2 years ago #

    andixx, you may be correct but...

    I have never had to disable plugins once I moved to MediaTemple hosting where I have unlimited memory and CPU power. With 1and1, it was a trainwreck trying to do anything. 1and1 is the host that has the 20mb limit on server memory.

    There are all kinds of threads about problems that can be traced directly back to CPU power and memory.

    Also, once I switched to MediaTemple, all the items in the dashboard started working again. With 1and1, they didn't.

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