Title: Plugin update sometimes missing files
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Plugin update sometimes missing files

 *  [Eric Teubert](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eteubert/)
 * (@eteubert)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-update-sometimes-missing-files/)
 * Hi there,
 * I develop [https://wordpress.org/plugins/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/).
   Once in a while I get reports of an update resulting in a “white screen of death”.
   With the help of some error reports I was able to catch this case and now I’m
   checking for missing files before initializing the plugin — so I can at least
   display a warning to the user.
 * Here’s the section of code: [https://github.com/podlove/podlove-publisher/blob/2.3.6/podlove.php#L67](https://github.com/podlove/podlove-publisher/blob/2.3.6/podlove.php#L67)
 * Here’s a recent tweet with a screenshot of the resulting admin notice: [https://twitter.com/FlowScroll/status/674884149082234880](https://twitter.com/FlowScroll/status/674884149082234880)
 * My guess: I am using composer and have a lot of files. On cheap hosting, the 
   update process sometimes dies, WordPress does not catch it and leaves the plugin
   in an unusable state.
 * If anybody has any input on why exactly this happens / how I can reproduce it/
   how I can prevent or fix it, I’d be glad.
 * Regards, Eric

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