Title: Update failed
Last modified: March 12, 2019

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# Update failed

 *  [c-m](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c-m/)
 * (@c-m)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-47/)
 * I’m having a problem with updating my old wordpress posts.
 * Today I wanted to update a post. Despite repeatedly making the changes, every
   time I hit ‘update’ in the editor the original text remained. I found this odd,
   so I updated to version 5.1
 * Now it seems I can publish and update newly published posts, but I cannot update
   older posts. I get the error message “update failed”. When I say older posts,
   I’m talking anything from a few days onwards.
 * I have tried using the classic editor. This tells me the post updated successfully,
   but then I check it in the editor I can still see the original, not the update.
 * I have re-saved my permalink settings, disabled all security plugins, and run
   in troubleshooting mode. None of that makes any difference. I also tried setting‘
   always_populate_raw_post_data’ to -1 but again there was no difference.
 * Any help would be appreciated.
 * Here is the output from Health Check:
 *     ```
       WordPress Version	 5.1
       Plugin Versions	
        Your site has 5 plugins waiting to be updated.
        Your site has 12 inactive plugins, it is recommended to remove any unused plugins to enhance your site security.
       Theme Versions	
        Your site has 6 installed themes, and they are all up to date.
        Your site has 4 inactive themes, other than twentynineteen, the default WordPress theme, and , your active theme. It is recommended to remove any unused themes to enhance your sites security.
       PHP Version	 7.2.15
       Database Server version	 10.0.37-MariaDB-cll-lve
       PHP Extensions	
        The optional module, fileinfo, is not installer, or has been disabled.
        The optional module, libsodium, is not installer, or has been disabled.
        The required module, mcrypt, is not installer, or has been disabled.
       MySQL utf8mb4 support	 Your MariaDB version supports utf8mb4
       HTTPS status	 You are accessing this website using HTTPS.
       Secure communication	 Your WordPress install can communicate securely with other services.
       Scheduled events	 No scheduled events have been missed.
       Plugin and Theme Updates	
        Plugin updates should be working as expected.
        Theme updates should be working as expected.
       HTTP Requests	 HTTP requests should be working as expected.
       REST API availability	 The REST API is available.
       Communication with WordPress.org	 WordPress.org is reachable from your server.
       Background updates	
        No version control systems were detected.
        Your installation of WordPress doesn't require FTP credentials to perform updates.
        All of your WordPress files are writable.
       Loopback request	 The loopback request to your site completed successfully.
       ```
   

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 *  [Michael Nelson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mnelson4/)
 * (@mnelson4)
 * [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-47/#post-11354468)
 * Hmmm might it be related to the content of your old posts? Eg, if you were to
   replace an old post’s content with that of a new, working post, can you save 
   it then?

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 * Last activity: [7 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-47/#post-11354468)
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