Title: Problems with updating plugins
Last modified: September 6, 2019

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# Problems with updating plugins

 *  [rodneymf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rodneymf/)
 * (@rodneymf)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-updating-plugins-2/)
 * I tried to update two plugins this morning. The updates were for WPForms Lite
   and Ocean Extra. I usually wait about a week to install plugins to avoid doing
   them too often since there are often newer updates available within one or two
   days. Everything appeared normal – WordPress was put into maintenance mode and
   the update of one or other started. Then … nothing. It just sat there. After 
   a really abnormal amount of time I tried to log into the admin again and got 
   a message saying the site was in maintenance mode so I’m really stuck. Since 
   then I have had to get my server provider to re-install yesterday’s backup twice
   because I am having trouble trying to get the site back with a Duplicator backup.
   This seems to fail with a timeout problem. So I’m really at my wit’s end!! Any
   ideas or help would be really appreciated.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fproblems-with-updating-plugins-2%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-updating-plugins-2/#post-11906294)
 * When you’re stuck in maintenance mode, delete the file ‘.maintenance’ in the 
   site’s root via FTP or your hosting control panel.
 *  Thread Starter [rodneymf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rodneymf/)
 * (@rodneymf)
 * [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-updating-plugins-2/#post-11906852)
 * Thanks for that. Now I just have to work out why the update(s) failed and why
   I can’t restore from a backup!! Happy days until now.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [rodneymf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rodneymf/)
 * Last activity: [6 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-updating-plugins-2/#post-11906852)
 * Status: not resolved

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