Update & install plugins problem

terriersrule1
(@terriersrule1)

13 years, 6 months ago

I wonder if anyone can help me as I’m new to wordpress but I seem to have a problem with importing any of the plugins found in the new plugins database, and also updating my wordpress to the latest problem. When I go to update automatically it tells me it’s importing the plugin zip (or the update zip) but seems to stop there. My browser tells me its done but seems to start at 80%. I have tried running this on my mac, my colleagues and in both safari and firefox and still have no joy. Any advice would be greatly accepted. If it’s something simple then I apologise in advance!

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lfischer
(@lfischer)

13 years, 6 months ago

Same here, downloads.wordpress.org returns always an 404 error.

Regards

Moderator James Huff
(@macmanx)

Volunteer Moderator

13 years, 6 months ago

It’s a known problem, should clear up tomorrow sometime.

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15138

Thread Starter terriersrule1
(@terriersrule1)

13 years, 6 months ago

hi, error isn’t a 404 error it just doesn’t seem to load, tried it again this all this morning and afternoon and still wont work. I’m more concerned about the plugins than the wp update.

dabber79
(@dabber79)

13 years, 6 months ago

I am having the same problem with the update as it goes to the screen and says it is unpacking but it does nothing

Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
(@ipstenu)

🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

13 years, 6 months ago

That’s a different error. Alas, it’s probably a combo of your server settings, php, server load and memory. The only fix I know of is to do annual upgrades.

obscure
(@obscure)

13 years, 6 months ago

or even a manual upgrade 😉

Thread Starter terriersrule1
(@terriersrule1)

13 years, 6 months ago

As I have no clue, what to be asking my host/server to sort this and don’t want to have to manually install each upgrade or plugin if possible, what do I need to askk them to sort on the host provider side?

thanks

Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)
(@ipstenu)

🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

13 years, 6 months ago

That was a fantastic auto-correct from my iPad! Thanks, obscure!

Find out what version of PHP you’re running AND what kind of PHP install it is (suPHP or suexec or something else).

What version of Apache are you on?

What version of Unix/Linux/Windows?

Also, try clearing out all the contents of the upgrade folder (should be in wp-content) and change the permissions on that folder to 777. Yeah, not optimal, but it may help.