Title: update failed 5.4.0
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# update failed 5.4.0

 *  [pilou59210](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pilou59210/)
 * (@pilou59210)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-540/)
 * Hi, I wanted to update iThemes Security (formerly Better WP Security) to 5.4.0
   via the administration of my site but I got an error message and now the plugin
   does not work anymore and I can more to install it.
 * Can you help me ?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security/)

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 *  Thread Starter [pilou59210](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pilou59210/)
 * (@pilou59210)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-540/#post-7413188)
 * I put a backup, but when I try to update I have this error message:
 * Fatal error: Class ‘ITSEC_Modules’ not found in /web/mysite/www/wp-content-mysite/
   plugins/better-wp-security/core/class-itsec-core.php on line 97
 * an idea ?
 *  [Gerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gerroald/)
 * (@gerroald)
 * [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-540/#post-7413283)
 * Hi,
 * Can you try downloading a fresh zip to make sure the one you have isn’t somehow
   corrupted?
 * Thanks,
 * Gerroald

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 * Last reply from: [Gerroald](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gerroald/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/update-failed-540/#post-7413283)
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