Title: Plugin automatic update fails – WP 2.5.1
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Plugin automatic update fails – WP 2.5.1

 *  [fayec](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fayec/)
 * (@fayec)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-update-fails-wp-251/)
 * I have tried updating my plugins using the automatic update but no matter what
   I do it doesn’t go through. It fails connecting to the host.
    I am using my ftp
   server host as provided by the hosting company, master username and password.
   I also tried creating a specific ftp username and password just for the automatic
   update and that doesn’t work either. Should I be using the database host, username
   and password instead?
 * Thank you,
 * FayeC

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 *  [stvwlf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/)
 * (@stvwlf)
 * [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-update-fails-wp-251/#post-803719)
 * Hi
 * No, not the database info.
 * Contact your webhost & explain the problem to them. They can probably help you

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 * Last activity: [17 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-automatic-update-fails-wp-251/#post-803719)
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