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 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [Updating WP1 to WP2 and tmp file race error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-wp1-to-wp2-and-tmp-file-race-error/)
 *  [codemonkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codemonkey/)
 * (@codemonkey)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/updating-wp1-to-wp2-and-tmp-file-race-error/#post-352861)
 * I have just posted on another thread about this problem – we sorted it out by
   backing up the database, then cleaning out wordpress and installing a clean downloaded
   version, then reimporting the database. We were unable to work out what had caused
   the issue, but there had been server problems which had offered the database 
   update option, so I now wonder if that was a contributory factor.
 * I believe someone on the other thread suggested disable_cache, though I’ve no
   idea where you do that.
 * hth
 *   Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
   
   In reply to: [WordPress creating MANY tmp files](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-creating-many-tmp-files/)
 *  [codemonkey](https://wordpress.org/support/users/codemonkey/)
 * (@codemonkey)
 * [19 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-creating-many-tmp-files/#post-346832)
 * I have spent the last day fighting with a blog having precisely this problem.
   It was writing multiple files to the tmp directory and ended up taking down other
   wordpress blogs on the server as it cut down on the available temp space. We 
   ended up backing up the database and then installing a clean copy of wordpress
   and re-integrating the database.
 * The user was running multiple plugins, although I’m not sure that akismet was
   one of them. The tmp files contained different information, some looked like 
   those described above, and others had entire page (word chosen carefully) content.
 * Even passwording the blog directory didn’t stop the process once it had begun,
   which gave rise to serious concern.
 * As I say, we have headed off the issue by installing a clean copy of wordpress,
   but this was a very serious problem, which is why I’ve added information to this
   old thread.

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