Title: Plugin Updater issue. 2.5
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Plugin Updater issue. 2.5

 *  [eric98975](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eric98975/)
 * (@eric98975)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updater-issue-25/)
 * Hi All,
 * Wonderful upgrade! As aways a couple of wrinkles… When I auto upgrade the plugins
   they just vanish!
 * I click to update my plugings, enter the FTP info, the files are created on the
   server in a wp-content/upgrade folder but are nested within themselves. ie wp-
   content/upgrade/akismet/akismet/FILES
 * The files in the “plugins” folder are deleted, but nothing replaces them.
 * What I see after clicking on the FTP screen is a long delay, then a white screen.
 * After that I sigh and manually update the plugin! LOL! Is the problem in the 
   nested folders?
 * Thanks!

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 *  [barrydt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrydt/)
 * (@barrydt)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updater-issue-25/#post-726030)
 * I’m just trying to figure out how to activate the auto-update feature! I just
   upgraded to 2.5, and I can’t find any mention of how to enable the auto-activate
   process. Any idea where I can find that info?
 *  [mihai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mihai/)
 * (@mihai)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updater-issue-25/#post-726032)
 * [@eric98975](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eric98975/) i have a similar
   problem with the updater. It seems that it just deletes the old plugins before
   installing the new ones and since some of them fail because they are incompatible
   with wp 2.5 I am left without any of the versions so I have to login over ssh
   and install manually.
 * [@barrydt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barrydt/) I don’t think there 
   is such a feature to upgrade with no use interaction. you still have to click
   on that “upgrade” link for each plugin.
 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [18 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updater-issue-25/#post-726140)
 * I’m sure it’s me, but I have exactly the same question as Barrydt. My plugin 
   management screen looks like this (partially):
 * > Plugin Version Description Status Action 
   >  AskApache Password Protect 2.0 Adds
   > Password Protection to your wp-admin directory. Options configuration panel
   > By AskApache. Active Deactivate | Edit
 * This plugin goes up to 3.5.1, so why is there no ‘outdated’ statement and where
   do I click to try one of those “automatic upgrades”?
 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updater-issue-25/#post-726145)
 * I still don’t have a clue. Could somebody please just tell me _where_ 2.5 asks
   for automatic plugin updates? On the plugins page?
    And just to be sure, I believe
   that a plugin to do this is no longer required in 2.5?
 *  [mihai](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mihai/)
 * (@mihai)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updater-issue-25/#post-726146)
 * On the plugins page when a plugin update is available you will have two links
   one for download and the other for automatic update
 *  [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * (@gangleri)
 * [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updater-issue-25/#post-726169)
 * I’m sorry for keeping coming back to this issue, but what Mihai describes doesn’t
   show in any of my six WP installations. On the plugins page I only have: Plugin(
   the name) Version (the version) Description () Status (active/not active) Action((
   de)activate/edit). That’s it. In 2.3.3 when an update was available, there was
   a line added to the bottom part of a plugin description, but there is nothing
   like that now. I know that I have outdated plugins, so that can’t be it.
 * Do I have to activate something, what file could be uploaded incorrectly, do 
   I have to have a look at some server settings? Whether or not the plugins widget
   is on the dashboard makes no difference and for the rest I have no idea what 
   to try.

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 * 6 replies
 * 4 participants
 * Last reply from: [Roy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gangleri/)
 * Last activity: [18 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-updater-issue-25/#post-726169)
 * Status: not resolved

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