Title: Automatic Upgrade does NOTHING
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Automatic Upgrade does NOTHING

 *  [Skettalee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skettalee/)
 * (@skettalee)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-does-nothing/)
 * I have tried the old plugin for the previous version of WordPress and now trying
   the one that comes with it. I tried it with 2 different blogs as well.
 * [http://blog.337studios.com](http://blog.337studios.com)
    [http://charity.337studios.com](http://charity.337studios.com)
 * And when I do the Upgrade, all it ever says is :
 * Upgrade WordPress
 * Downloading update from [http://wordpress.org/nightly-builds/wordpress-latest.zip](http://wordpress.org/nightly-builds/wordpress-latest.zip)
 * And then nothing happens, it doesn’t work. The upgrade of most plugins work except
   for Viper Video tags but that one never worked automatically.
 * Why doesn’t your auto upgrade work? Everyone says it works and that its cool 
   and Id love to use it.

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 *  [iridiax](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iridiax/)
 * (@iridiax)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-does-nothing/#post-918392)
 * Check this for your web host:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Core_Update_Host_Compatibility](http://codex.wordpress.org/Core_Update_Host_Compatibility)
 *  Thread Starter [Skettalee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skettalee/)
 * (@skettalee)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-does-nothing/#post-918401)
 * Ok i seen this :
 * Works with caveats
 * 0 – 9
    1and1 (fails running PHP 4, but works with PHP 5. Add AddType x-mapp-php5.
   php to .htaccess to enable PHP 5.)
 * Not sure what all that means
 * I have 1and1.com webhosting..
 * Is there anyway I can set it up to work? PLEASE?
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-does-nothing/#post-918413)
 * Well… you just gave yourself the answer. 🙂
 * summarized:
    _fails running PHP 4, but works with PHP 5_
 * solved:
    _Add AddType x-mapp-php5 .php to .htaccess to enable PHP 5_
 * Have you added
    `AddType x-mapp-php5 .php` to your site’s .htaccess file?
 *  Thread Starter [Skettalee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skettalee/)
 * (@skettalee)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-does-nothing/#post-918473)
 * Add those words to my htaccess file? Thats it?
 *  Thread Starter [Skettalee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skettalee/)
 * (@skettalee)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-does-nothing/#post-918474)
 * Another problem I found with the upgrade is anytime I write a new post, it goes
   to a 500 Error Internal Server Error and does nothing. I go back to my blog and
   see the post has been made but it still keeps giving me that error. Whats the
   problem with that!
 *  Thread Starter [Skettalee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/skettalee/)
 * (@skettalee)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-does-nothing/#post-918476)
 * Ok the htaccess thing worked.. but it still gives me an error 500
 *  [John James Jacoby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/johnjamesjacoby/)
 * (@johnjamesjacoby)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-does-nothing/#post-918479)
 * It’s another permalink .htaccess issue, basically you’re being forwarded to the
   wrong page…
 * To test: Turn permalinks off and see if the problem persists?
 *  [Gary LaPointe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garylapointe/)
 * (@garylapointe)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-does-nothing/#post-918656)
 * For upgrading to 2.71 the .htaccess fixed my problem on 1and1!
 * I’m wondering if it will help with the few plugins that don’t work. (Some plugins
   upgrade fine).
 * Gary
    [http://GarySaid.com/](http://GarySaid.com/)
 *  [Gary LaPointe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/garylapointe/)
 * (@garylapointe)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-does-nothing/#post-918657)
 * It did fix my few problem plug-in upgrades!
 * Gary
    [http://GarySaid.com/](http://GarySaid.com/)
 *  [brianparks421](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianparks421/)
 * (@brianparks421)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/automatic-upgrade-does-nothing/#post-918739)
 * Where exactly do you add the AddType x-mapp-php5 .php in the htaccess file? I
   have tried several different iterations, but everytime I do i get an error when
   trying to access the site (as an admin or just out on the internet) saying that
   I don’t have permissions. Help!

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