Why can't I update themes, install plugins or upgrade wordpress?

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    12 years, 9 months ago

    I’ve run into a whole bunch of problems today. When I tried to upgrade WordPress to 3.2.1, update my themes, or install new plugins, I got the same error message:

    Could not create directory. /home/cynthiahaggard/spunstories.com/wp-content/upgrade/liquorice.tmp/liquorice.

    Now of course, the error messages did not ALL say exactly this. This is the example from my attempt to update all of my themes. But ALL of the error messages, start with the words “Could not create directory”.

    Here is what I got when I tried to install a plugin: Could not create directory. /home/cynthiahaggard/spunstories.com/wp-content/upgrade/stats.tmp/stats. This was for WordPress.com Stats 1.8.1.

    Here is what I got when I attempted to update WordPress 3.2 to WordPress 3.2.1: Could not create directory.: /home/cynthiahaggard/spunstories.com/wp-content/upgrade/wordpress-3.tmp/wordpress
    Installation Failed

    I must say I am confused about this. I believed that in fact I had updated WordPress last week, and I also think I may have gotten a notice from Dreampress, which hosts this blog, saying that I had updated to 3.2.1.

    I don’t know why this is acting up. It seemed to be fine yesterday.

    Any suggestions gratefully appreciated.

    Cynthia

    P.S. Here is the link to my site: spunstories.com

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  • Thread Starter Clarifying

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    12 years, 9 months ago

    I just wanted to say that I posted this on Friday, and haven’t heard back and the problem is NOT resolved. Found another post by another member posted 3 weeks ago, and that doesn’t seem to be resolved.

    I gather that there’s a lot going on with the upgrade to 3.2.1, but it would be great if someone would give some idea of how long we have to wait for these issues to be resolved.

    Thanks!

    Cynthia

    adebaby

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    12 years, 9 months ago

    There is too much new going on with 3.2. Very annoying that they suddenly decide to push the requirements forward considerably and break lots of sites.

    Thread Starter Clarifying

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    12 years, 9 months ago

    Adebaby,

    Just wanted to let you know I got my problem resolved. By contacting my web hoster Dreamhost. They were very responsive, and after several back and forths they discovered that the upgrade folder read/write permissions were changed. Not sure how that happened, but it could have been an errant plugin.

    Perhaps you should go talk to your web hoster, and see if they can help out.

    Best, Cynthia.

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