Title: WP automatic update failed
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WP automatic update failed

 *  Resolved [brew13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brew13/)
 * (@brew13)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-automatic-update-failed/)
 * I have 5 WP sites. All 5 are with the same web hosting firm on the same server.
   The automatic update feature works on 3 and on 2 it fails and I get the message
   below:
 * Downloading update from [http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8.4.zip](http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.8.4.zip)
   
   Unpacking the core update Could not create directory: /hsphere/xyz/abc/xxxxxx/
   cannonspeak.com/wp-content/upgrade Installation Failed
 * Does anyone have an idea of what the problem is?

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 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-automatic-update-failed/#post-1226699)
 * Sounds like you should check your permissions in that account to see if you (
   and WP) can create new diectories without problems. How to do that depends on
   your hosting and whatever control panel you might be using. Or, check with FTP.
 *  Thread Starter [brew13](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brew13/)
 * (@brew13)
 * [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-automatic-update-failed/#post-1226885)
 * I used Filezilla and found I could create new folders in each of the roots. Any
   other ideas? Thanks.

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp-automatic-update-failed/#post-1226885)
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