Title: Can't manually update Update_core
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Can't manually update Update_core

 *  [rboulet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rboulet/)
 * (@rboulet)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-manually-update-update_core/)
 * Such a weird problem, wondering if anyone else has run into this. I have a site
   that works fine except I can’t update core automatically. I looked at the update_core.
   php file & my ftp program was only showing it to be about 4-5K in size, rather
   than the 29-30K it should be.
 * When I download the file, sure enough, the file isn’t complete. Everything after
   line 70 or so is missing.
 * I’ve tried –
    – renaming a good copy of the file & uploading it – removing the
   entire wp-admin directory & re-uploading it – I’ve turned off the 3 plugins this
   site is using, so tried both uploads with plugins on & plugins off – I switched
   my theme to 2016 & tried to upload
 * My FTP software says it’s uploading the full 29K, but that full content never
   seems to make the server.
 * I’m on Rackspace for hosting. This is a multi-site installation, and I was able
   to update another munched file (image-edit) for this same site.
 * Any ideas of what else to check or try?
 * Thanks all!

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 *  Thread Starter [rboulet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rboulet/)
 * (@rboulet)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-manually-update-update_core/#post-7024243)
 * Ok, bizzarotown – I was able to update the files using my Mac & Fetch. Not sure
   what’s going on with my PC & WS-FTP but at least I could get the job done.

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