Title: wordpress plugin update count stuck
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# wordpress plugin update count stuck

 *  Resolved [SuyaLynx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suyalynx/)
 * (@suyalynx)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugin-update-count-stuck/)
 * I only have 4 plugins ( Akismet, Hello Dolly, MCE Table Button, and Slim Jetpack).
   All of them are up to date, yet my dashboard kept having this update count stuck
   at 1.
 * Any advice on how to fix this?

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 *  Thread Starter [SuyaLynx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suyalynx/)
 * (@suyalynx)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugin-update-count-stuck/#post-4785442)
 * re-installing wordpress fix the problem
 *  Thread Starter [SuyaLynx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suyalynx/)
 * (@suyalynx)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugin-update-count-stuck/#post-4785598)
 * after installing a new plugin, the counter stuck again on 1 update available,
   but all of them are up to date.
 * should i really do re-install every time I add a new plugin?
 *  Thread Starter [SuyaLynx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suyalynx/)
 * (@suyalynx)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugin-update-count-stuck/#post-4785599)
 * * theme specific issue
 *  [Adrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adriandw/)
 * (@adriandw)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugin-update-count-stuck/#post-4785706)
 * My website has this problem.
    The admin bar shows 1 plugin update required. The
   left admin navbar shows a red 1 against Updates and against Plugins.
 * I have a lot of plugins installed (not all are currently activated).
    But they
   are all uptodate.
 * I tried activating a different theme and the problem persisted.
    So for me it’s
   not a theme-specific issue.
 * What prompts the display of the plugin update indicator?
    Is there a counter 
   in the database somewhere that I could reset with phpMyadmin? That would be easier
   than reinstalling WordPress to fix the problem.
 * I haven’t included a link to the site because the problem is only visible to 
   logged on authorised users.
 *  Thread Starter [SuyaLynx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/suyalynx/)
 * (@suyalynx)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugin-update-count-stuck/#post-4785707)
 * [@adrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adrian/)
 * This usually happens when a theme package a plugin inside it. I still have the
   same issue on other (premium) theme, but I deal with it (ignore it)
 *  [Adrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adriandw/)
 * (@adriandw)
 * [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugin-update-count-stuck/#post-4785708)
 * Thanks for the suggestion.
    I am using the grapheme theme which used to bundle
   some shortcode definitions.
 * In the latest version of grapheme they removed the shortcodes from the theme 
   and packaged them as a separate plugin.
 * I have that plugin installed so I tried removing it.
    That didn’t fix the problem.
 * Hopefully some wordpress expert will read this and explain how the count of pending
   updates is calculated.
    Then we might figure out a way to resolve the problem.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 6 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Adrian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adriandw/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-plugin-update-count-stuck/#post-4785708)
 * Status: resolved

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