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  • I am a PHP developer and work with WordPress full time but I’ve never seen this issue before. WordPress says there are no updates for the site, everything is up to date – but everywhere it displays it says we are running 3.9.1 instead of 4.1. The new features from 4.1 are in the core; clearly the site has 4.1, but somewhere it has decided it is 3.9.1. I know that I updated it – to 4.0, 4.0.1, and 4.1.

    Previously, I’ve had the ability to force it to upgrade to the current version even if it’s running the latest, but I don’t seem to have that option anymore. So it says I’m running 3.9.1 but I have no upgrade ability. There is no section under Updates for the WordPress version – at all. It’s gone. I can’t find anyone ever having this issue either listed anywhere.

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    – check the version in /wp-includes/version.php

    If found to be correct, then try:
    – Flushing any caching plugins you might be running, as well as server and/or browser caches.
    – deactivating ALL plugins temporarily to see if this resolves the problem (plugin functions can interfere). If this works, re-activate them individually (one-by-one) to find the problematic plugin(s).
    – If that does not resolve the issue, try resetting the plugins foldervia FTP or SFTP or whatever file management application your host provides. Sometimes, an apparently inactive plugin can still cause problems.

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