Title: Plugin Update Freeze
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Plugin Update Freeze

 *  [Gemfruit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gemfruit/)
 * (@gemfruit)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-freeze/)
 * Every since the latest core update (I don’t believe any other variables have 
   changed), I can no longer update plugins properly. I see the following when attempting:
 * “The update process is starting. This process may take a while on some hosts,
   so please be patient.
 * Enabling Maintenance mode…
 * Updating Plugin Advanced Cron Manager (1/1) “
 * It hangs on that process forever, and never actually completes. If I refresh 
   the page after 5, 10, 20 minutes, the site is in maintenance mode. If I delete
   the .maintenance file, I then I find that the plugin successfully updated behind
   the scenes, it just didn’t show me that and froze. So in the end, plugins are
   updating, but I’m getting stuck on that screen, and the site is stuck in maintenance
   mode until I delete the file.
 * Info:
 * VPS (Digital Ocean)
    LEMP Current site has been up on this server for 6 months
   or greater.
 * Any ideas?

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 *  Thread Starter [Gemfruit](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gemfruit/)
 * (@gemfruit)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-freeze/#post-5943189)
 * I’ve confirmed this issue is only with the latest version of WordPress. I tested
   a backup of the site on another domain, which uses the previous version of WordPress
   from 2-3 months ago, and it works perfectly.
 * Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-freeze/#post-5943189)
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