One-Click Core Updates Not Showing Up

  • forkmedia

    (@forkmedia)


    10 years, 8 months ago

    I have WordPress 4.1

    I have not received any One-click Update notices for 4.2 or 4.3

    The following is in the Updates section in my dashboard:

    WordPress Updates
    Last checked on September 7, 2015 at 11:42 am. Button: Check Again

    You have the latest version of WordPress.

    If you need to re-install version –, you can do so here or download the package and re-install manually:

    Buttons: Reinstall Now | Download – | Hide This Update

    This localized version contains both the translation and various other localization fixes. You can skip upgrading if you want to keep your current translation.

    Learn more about WordPress 4.1.

    —

    The Updates page had Theme updates (which I did) and a few plug-in updates but no auto update for WordPress.

    I found this code on the Codex:

    define( ‘WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE’, true );

    I added it to my wp-config.php file but refreshing and also clicking the check again button didn’t change anything.

    How do I get auto updates back?

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Double-check your wp-config.php file to make sure that the following line is *NOT* present:

    define( ‘WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE’, false );

    Also, double-check your wp-config.php file to make sure that the following line is *NOT* present. It will disable the entire auto updater:

    # DISABLE WORDPRESS UPDATES
    define( ‘AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED’, true );

    Thread Starter forkmedia

    (@forkmedia)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    @tara

    Thanks for the suggestion. I mentioned in my original post that I intentionally added the line

    define( ‘WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE’, true );

    in the hope of reversing whatever had caused the odd behavior.

    The lines you said to look for were *never* there in the first place.

    And yes, I just checked again to make sure.

    I have been running several WordPress sites for years and have never encountered this failure to auto update (since the feature was added) on any of them. My other sites have updated to 4.3 but not this one.

    I know how to manually update, but I’m stumped why this happened on this one site in the first place.

    I was hoping someone else had run into this problem and had a fix or explanation.

    Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    WordPress.org Admin

    10 years, 8 months ago

    When you first installed this particular copy of WordPress, did you do so from an automated installer like cPanel?

    cPanel, and other automated installers, have been known to intentionally disable the WordPress update checking system.

    More information here:
    http://wptavern.com/cpanels-site-software-addon-disables-wordpress-auto-updates

    To fix it, do a manual update instead. This will undo and overwrite their changes and allow normal updates to work properly again.

    Thread Starter forkmedia

    (@forkmedia)

    10 years, 8 months ago

    Not sure how this particular WP install was originally done since it was some time ago, but your explanation sounds very plausible.

    I thought I started with a 3.x version, that continued to update until 4.1, but I may be wrong.

    Thanks!

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