Title: Error updating Jetpack plugin
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Error updating Jetpack plugin

 *  [girlgonegeek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/girlgonegeek/)
 * (@girlgonegeek)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-updating-jetpack-plugin/)
 * I tried to update Jetpack to 3.8.1 twice. Each time it fails to update and my
   site goes down with the message “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance.
   Check back in a minute.” My site went down for about 3 minutes each time.
 * Is this is a bug in the update or something on my site that I can change?
 * Website: [http://girlgonegeekblog.com/](http://girlgonegeekblog.com/)
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/)

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 *  Thread Starter [girlgonegeek](https://wordpress.org/support/users/girlgonegeek/)
 * (@girlgonegeek)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-updating-jetpack-plugin/#post-6803878)
 * Anything would be helpful! Thank you.
 *  Plugin Author [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * (@jeherve)
 * Jetpack Mechanic 🚀
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-updating-jetpack-plugin/#post-6803923)
 * Could you try to log in to your site via FTP or CPanel, and delete the existing
   Jetpack plugin folder, and reinstall the plugin manually as explained here:
    
   [http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Manual_Plugin_Installation](http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins#Manual_Plugin_Installation)
 * You’ll find the Jetpack plugin folder here:
 *     ```
       wp-content
          plugins
            jetpack - DELETE THIS FOLDER
       ```
   
 * If you’re not sure how to do this, you can ask your hosting company for help.
   They should also have documentation explaining how to edit or remove files from
   your site using FTP or a File Manager in your admin panel.
 * Let me know how it goes.
 * P.S.: It’s worth noting that we reply to every thread from the oldest to the 
   newest. Every time you bump a thread, it goes back to the bottom of the queue,
   so I’d recommend against it.

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 * [website down](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/website-down/)

 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [Jeremy Herve](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeherve/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-updating-jetpack-plugin/#post-6803923)
 * Status: not resolved