Update Plugins on WordPress Site Failure removing old plugin Directory

  • Mitchell McDeere

    (@ultimatewarrior)


    15 years, 7 months ago

    Ok half of the problem is posed in the topic title here.
    The auto updater complained about certain plugins not being update able.
    The exact text was like

    An error occured while updating Breadcrumb NavXT: Could not remove the old plugin

    I looked at this message for a few plugins that failed, I had to sign out at the time and didn’t get a screenshot of what was and wasn’t successful , assuming I’d be able to find it again the next day.

    Problem is it actually tried to update these without any type of rollback, also it remmoved all files in the BreadCrumb NavXT directory (except the problematic subfolder which had incorrect permissions), thus rendering the original old plugin broken and unregistered and I have been unable to locate a log of which updates have failed since I attempted doing this.

    My question is if there is Plugin update history log within the files or in the database somewhere?

    Kind of frustrating, I’m on wordpress 3.01 in network version

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  • Andrea Rennick

    (@andrea_r)

    15 years, 7 months ago

    There may be an error log on your server, but that’s from your server. not wordpress.

    Usually those failures are due to folder permissions.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    15 years, 7 months ago

    Yeah, when that happens, just update it manually. Sometimes servers get techy about auto-updates. It’s a combo php/server/traffic issue :/

    Thread Starter Mitchell McDeere

    (@ultimatewarrior)

    15 years, 2 months ago

    It was a permissions issue, But is it possible to rollback updates? sometimes plugins change significantly and have undesired effects.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist

    15 years, 2 months ago

    Yes. Manually.

    Go to the plugin page, click on ‘other versions’ and download the version you want. Boom.

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