Title: Unable to update plugins OR wordpress
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Unable to update plugins OR wordpress

 *  Resolved [saucewear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saucewear/)
 * (@saucewear)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-update-plugins-or-wordpress/)
 * I’m getting this error when trying to update plugins:
 * Download failed. Failed to write request to temporary file.
 * Any past searches are from 5+ years ago, and recommend that the /tmp partition
   is full. I’ve checked with my hosting company, and they say it’s not full, but
   have agreed to clear out any unnecessary clutter from the folder.
 * I thought, hm… maybe I should reinstall WP, but nope, I get the same error.
 * Anyone?

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 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-update-plugins-or-wordpress/#post-7639972)
 * > Download failed. Failed to write request to temporary file.
 * Still a host error; you need to talk to them.
 *  Thread Starter [saucewear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saucewear/)
 * (@saucewear)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-update-plugins-or-wordpress/#post-7639976)
 * I can’t win. Maybe the guy I was chatting with last night wasn’t sure of this.
   He looked at everything and couldn’t find where it went awry.
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-update-plugins-or-wordpress/#post-7639979)
 * Temp directories are server-wide and are “managed” by the server, so it really
   doesn’t have anything to do with your hosting account, unless you’re using a 
   VPS or dedicated.
 *  Thread Starter [saucewear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saucewear/)
 * (@saucewear)
 * [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-update-plugins-or-wordpress/#post-7639980)
 * Third time with hosting company is the charm. /tmp folder was full, despite two
   people telling me it wasn’t.
 * FIXED!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [saucewear](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saucewear/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unable-to-update-plugins-or-wordpress/#post-7639980)
 * Status: resolved

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