WordPress Plugin Updates Not Working
Have you recently upgraded your WordPress blog and found that you can no longer automatically update your plugins? There can be many different reasons for upgrade or update plugins not to work but here are two plugins to check for if you recently upgraded to WordPress version 2.7.
With the release of WordPress version 2.7, or any new release for that matter, there are usually a few plugins that get sent to obsolescence. Some are or can be replaced by others and some are absorbed into the core of WordPress. One such plugin is the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin. If you were using it prior to version 2.7 then you no longer need it. Since it is now integrated in WordPress you can deactivate it and remove it.
Another plugin that can make you loose your hair is called One Click Plugin Updater. This plugin does a few things and one is like the name, it updates plugins, but it can update multiple plugins with one click. I emphasize can because its a bit fickle on some hosting accounts or should I say some hosting accounts are fickle. The security settings it needs can cause this plugin to fail, and I have found that the core WordPress plugin update works more often than this plugin. You can however, configure this plugin to use the core WordPress plugin update settings.
To configure the (activated) One Click Plugin Updater to use the WordPress core settings go to Plugins, Upgrade Settings. Select the WordPress core radio button and uncheck the Show global update notices box. This should revert to the WordPress core plugin update settings.
Why then even use this plugin if you are using the WordPress core settings and not updating multiple plugins at once? Well because the One Click Plugin Updater plugin is also used to upload new plugins and themes from within the WordPress dashboard. When activated you should see options under the Appearance and Plugins modules to Install A Theme and Install A Plugin. Choosing these options will allow you to upload new themes and plugins from the URL or a zip file from your computer.
If the One Click Plugin Updater plugin causes issues when active you can always deactivate it and just activate it when you want to upload new themes and plugins. If you can’t update plugins with or without it then it can be permission settings on the plugins folder, or access to the tmp folder is blocked by your hosting account. In fact there are many different reasons for these types of plugins not to work, too many in fact for me to elaborate on in this post.
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You may want to try my plugin “Improved Plugin Installation”. It’s only for adding new plugins since WP takes care of the updating, but you can use it to install multiple plugins at the same time.
http://www.improvingtheweb.com/wordpress-plugins/improved-plugin-installation/
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Thanks Wesley, I’ll give it a shot.
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[...] WordPress Plugin Updates Not Working [...]
I think I saw a tool that automatically finds updates for all wordpress plugins, then you click and select the ones you want it to install…
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When I upgraded my blog to wordpress 2.7 three plugins stopped working and I replaced it with a different one.
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Up to now, wordpress 2.8.6 cant’t automatically update my plugins. I have to do it the hard way using ftp.
But the wordpress software update itself has a different story. When I upgraded to 2.7, I can’t use the automatic update but when I upgraded to 2.8.5, I can now use automatic update when I upgraded to 2.8.6. At least there is an improvement.
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Lito: I’m in the same boat. I have to update using ftp too. WordPress is great and all, but all these updates and constant need to upgrade makes me think of moving to a different blogging platform.
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Jeff Replied:
February 15th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
There is no better blogging platform. Maybe easier but right now none better than WordPress.
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I find it is better just to update wordpress once a year or so as usually there isn’t much that affects my simple site.
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