Title: Plugin update crashes the whole WordPress
Last modified: February 10, 2017

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# Plugin update crashes the whole WordPress

 *  Resolved [xs256](https://wordpress.org/support/users/xs256/)
 * (@xs256)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-crashes-the-whole-wordpress/)
 * Hey,
 * I have a problem with updating the plug-in from version 4.0.2 for over a month.
   The update throws an Internal Server Error after some time and then the whole
   site and the dashboard are unavailable as closed for maintenance (solved by removing
   the .maintenance file).
 * Then I looked into apache errorlog and found these lines (redacted some sensitive
   info from there):
    [Fri Feb 10 13:23:18 2017] [warn] [client *****] mod_fcgid:
   read data timeout in 45 seconds, referer: [https://*****/*****/wp-admin/update-core.php?action=do-plugin-upgrade](https://*****/*****/wp-admin/update-core.php?action=do-plugin-upgrade)[
   Fri Feb 10 13:23:18 2017] [warn] [client *****] (110)Connection timed out: mod_fcgid:
   ap_pass_brigade failed in handle_request_ipc function, referer: [https://*****/*****/wp-admin/update-core.php?action=do-plugin-upgrade](https://*****/*****/wp-admin/update-core.php?action=do-plugin-upgrade)
 * Raising the FcgidIOTimeout in fcgid.conf did not help either, even up to 180 
   seconds (except showing in the error message).
 * Does anyone have any idea how to solve this issue?

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 *  [neotrope](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neotrope/)
 * (@neotrope)
 * [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-crashes-the-whole-wordpress/#post-8791222)
 * Delete old Yoast plugin folder via FTP;
    upload new plugin folder.
 * Resave permalinks.
 * Clear all transients with wp-optimize plugin.
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 6 months ago by [neotrope](https://wordpress.org/support/users/neotrope/).

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-crashes-the-whole-wordpress/#post-8791222)
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