Upgrading from 2.8.3 to 2.8.4 succeeds but version doesn’t increment

  • Resolved mkb218

    (@mkb218)


    14 years, 7 months ago

    I have been attempting to upgrade my WordPress installation since the 2.8.4 announcement. Both automatic and manual upgrades appear to be fine; automatic upgrades report success, and there are no permission problems when I unzip the archive. I grepped for “2.8.3” and “2.8.4” through all these files, and have only found the latter.

    However, the admin dashboard still says that I am using WordPress 2.8.3 and asks me to update! I have been looking through the code and I can’t figure out where else that version might come from except for version.php, which shows 2.8.4, so I’m very confused. I’ve tried disabling all plugins to no avail.

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  • MichaelH

    (@michaelh)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    Try this:

    Install http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/core-control/ and once activated under “Plugin, Theme, and Core Updates” click on the “check for core updates” link.

    Thread Starter mkb218

    (@mkb218)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    Well, that’s bizarre. Here’s the output

    Last updated: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:58:36 -0400 (4 mins ago)

    You are currently using 2.8.3, The latest available version is 2.8.4

    Check for core updates Now

    Checking for updates…

    No new updates were found

    Kailash

    (@kailash1)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    Try to upload wordpress 2.8.4 (exclude wp-content folder) files and folders and check if it helps. Take the backup before you replace the files.

    Brian Harris

    (@zgani)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    If you are sure that the upgrade took effect then just uploade the version.php in the wp-includes folder 😉

    Thread Starter mkb218

    (@mkb218)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    Kailash1: That is one of the things I did before posting this message.

    ZGani: The weird thing is that the version.php file says 2.8.4!

    Thread Starter mkb218

    (@mkb218)

    14 years, 7 months ago

    OK, so it looks like my host added eAccelerator to their PHP instance. This is a cache that holds compiled versions of PHP scripts. They have it set up in such a way that it ignores files that have changed.

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