Thanks very much for that info, Pippin .. but do you have any idea as to why it’s happening?
Are you getting an error when attempting to install the new version?
I can’t install the new version – like I said there’s no link, as there usually is when an update is available. I’ll try the plugin you recommended (though it’s not tested with WordPress 4) but I’m wondering why I’d need it in the first place – what’s gone awry with the usual update link..
Could you show me a screenshot of your Updates screen?
Does the update link show up if you deactivate all other plugins?
I don’t know, and I’m not going to find out until I back up the entire site and the database. First time I’ve seen this.
It looks like you have a plugin that modifies the plugin rows. My guess is that’s the culprit.
I narrowed it down to a conflict from one or more of these plugins:
– Plugin Organizer (Jeff Sterup)
– Better Plugin Compatibility Control
– P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler) (GoDaddy.com)
– Update Control (George Stephanis, Chip Bennett)
I would guess Update Control.
Of the four listed, three plugins (ostensibly) do things related to plugin management. If the plugin rows are being modified, I’d check those three.
Update Control doesn’t touch plugin rows. It only passes filters related to automatic updates.
There is little to no risk in deactivating plugins for debug purposes. I am certain of it with Update Control. I would recommend deactivating it, to verify it’s not causing the problem.
Thanks for chiming in, Chip 🙂
I can’t really tell which one is the culprit until a plugin needs updating and I can do another test (unless there’s some way of faking that somehow).
However I did notice that the admin plugin page (just plugins.php) slowed down to a crawl when I had the problem, and I’ve since re-installed Update Control and there’s no slowdown.
