Still having issues with updates

  • maddypage87

    (@maddypage87)


    12 years, 10 months ago

    Okay… I am still having problems. Anytime I try to upgrade wordpress or install or upgrade new plugins through wordpress, it tells me that permission has been denied. I have made my files readable and writable and what not and the problem has not fixed. I am being told that the problem is on Godaddy’s end, but when I called I was told there were no issues.

    When I try to upgrade wordpress, this is the error I get: “Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.1.3.zip…

    Unpacking the update…

    Verifying the unpacked files…

    Installing the latest version…

    Warning: copy(D:/Hosting/7133430/html/index.php) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in D:Hosting7133430htmlwp-adminincludesclass-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 200

    Warning: copy(D:/Hosting/7133430/html/index.php) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in D:Hosting7133430htmlwp-adminincludesclass-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 200

    Could not copy file.: D:/Hosting/7133430/html/index.php

    Installation Failed”

    Hoe do I fix this issue?

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  • Andris

    (@dinz)

    12 years, 4 months ago

    Same here except I’m updating to WP3.3. I got this warning:

    Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.3-no-content.zip…

    Unpacking the update…

    Warning: copy(/home/9-web/96/33/loudmountain.com.au/public/www/wp-admin/includes/update-core.php) [function.copy]: failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/9-web/96/33/loudmountain.com.au/public/www/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php on line 200
    Could not copy files.

    Installation Failed

    I have 2 websites on the same host that have identical setups. The strange thing is that the automatic WP update to 3.3 worked perfectly with one website, which has exactly the same permissions and dir setup as the other that didn’t work (wp-config.php tmp function has been added, tmp dir in root, dir permissions and .htaccess etc).

    As far as I understand this is an issue with the hosting provider setup. I’ll post any solutions (if found).

    Pioneer Web Design

    (@swansonphotos)

    12 years, 4 months ago

    Backup all files and do a full MySQL DB backup first (that means now not last month)

    Manual updates are a good thing.

    A) Login Admin>disable all plugins after making sure they are all compatible with 3.3 (update manually with install after deactivate).

    B) Switch to Twenty Eleven 1.3 theme. Just do it…log out…

    C). Using FTP client (FileZilla), upload .maintenance file…replace ONLY wp-admin and wp-includes and all root installation files (WP3.3 files not in a folder)…put .htaccess (or web.config) back, put wp-config.php back…remove .maintenance file…

    D) Login as admin to site, will ask to update DB, do it….activate theme, activate plugins one at a time…done.

    Above may take a few hours, failure will take days….

    auto-updates fail for many reasons, most notably script timeouts on shared hosts.

    Andris

    (@dinz)

    12 years, 4 months ago

    Yes, well, after my host (Ilisys) tried several methods of permissions changes to allow the auto-update, it seems indeed that (at least on a shared hosting service) SOME websites will simply not work with auto-updates. Hence, manual updating is the only option. Rats! I don’t want to manually update many sites.

    It just seems unnecessary, when WP has the auto-update option.

    I know I could setup MU but some sites require their own WP setup due to size and certain customisations.

    I could also move to a dedicated server but economically at this point that doesn’t make sense.

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