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By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:19:26 +0000

Hi Emil – I don’t have trouble with the plugins.

I have changed the file permissions of the folders for upgrading. Sometimes that works for people but it doesn’t correct the auto-upgrade problem for me. I have a host that doesn’t work with the core upgrade. I wish the solution was that simple.

By: Emil

Emil — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:49:01 +0000

Hi Kim, When using WP Auto-Upgrade from one version to another, or for any plugins make sure that you have proper file/folder permissions. For an example. If you are using auto-upgrade for plugins and don't want to upload that specific plugin via FTP, please make sure that wp-content and plugins directories are set to 0755 or for some servers 0775. This will do the trick and you won't have any problems whatsoever. As far as the core upgrade from (i.e.) 2.7 to 2.7.1 do the same for upgrade folder directory. Cheers, Emil Emil´s last blog post - Participants

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:31:43 +0000

Hi Arun,

That’s right – you will lose your customizations if you use the auto-upgrade – if it were me, I would probably forget that I even had them.

By: Arun Basil Lal

Arun Basil Lal — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:57:14 +0000

I never had any issue with the auto upgrade, everything went on smooth. maybe its beacuse I am a plugin minimalist. I use just 15 plugins i guess. btw, the loss of customization is still there. I will loose the custom comment messages too! (hope you remember that :) Best, Arun Basil Lal Arun Basil Lal´s last blog post - Spy on Conversations with your Mobile Phone

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:25:21 +0000

Hi Nihar – I know that completely deleting the auto upgrade plugin worked for quite a few people.

By: Nihar

Nihar — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 08:24:10 +0000

Kim, Thanks for the tip. when wordpress released 2.7.1. I tried doing wordpress auto upgrade. But as your second case says. Same thing happened to me. I then tried disabling the wordpress automatic upgrade thing. But didn't help. Thanks. I will delete that plugin and will do when there is a next release! Nihar´s last blog post - How to set CapsLock, NumLock and ScrollLock Keys On/Off using Windows Registry Tweak

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:39:56 +0000

Hi Palma – Thanks! That’s really helpful.

By: Palma | Buddha Trance

Palma | Buddha Trance — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:56:16 +0000

Hi Kim, it was something I just needed to configure, adding some lines to the .htaccess file, as told by my host. The script is already installed on their end. Mine was on the list of hosts you mentioned in your post, with this configuration needed to make it work (Pair Networks). Now the plugins are upgrading flawlessly, so I am assuming that the next auto upgrade will go fine. It may be worth it for you to ask your host as well, it may just be a configuration issue. Palma | Buddha Trance´s last blog post - The Law of Attraction and polarity

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:18:14 +0000

Hi Palma – Is that something your host needed to install? I wonder if
I should ask my host about it. I am able to upgrade plugins but
sometimes it is really slow. And now I’m really curious if this will resolve
your auto-upgrade issue. Thanks for the info!