The user your server is running as needs to be able to write and modify the files in WordPress core. Namely that the updater was told: Permission denied when it tried to change wp-admin/includes/update-core.php. What the permissions will need to be for this to work are different from server to server. This article talks more … Read more
WordPress specifically checks that the fileowner of the files it creates are identical to the value returned by getmyuid. Meaning that if it creates files using a different owner than the owner of the WordPress files themselves, it won’t use the “direct” mode. Same group is not enough. The files WordPress writes must have the … Read more
As it turns out there’s a difference between 127.0.0.1 and localhost. Once I change my requests to: http://localhost/white/check-plugins/plugins/test-plugin.zip and a few other instances of the IP version, the update worked like a charm. Stack Overflow has some good answers on why this could be: What is the difference between 127.0.0.1 and localhost?
Fixed it. Put in a few commands that helped give wordpress the permissions it needed to auto update: sudo usermod -aG www-data $USER sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www sudo chmod -R 774 /var/www This problem has been plaguing me for months. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my chest now haha.
Your WP installation must not require FTP credentials on plugins or extensions install. Open wp-content/plugins/unyson/unyson.php and decrease the version Important: Decrease only the last digit (third). /** * … * Version: 2.5.0 * … */ Add in {theme}/functions.php add_filter( ‘auto_update_plugin’, ‘__return_true’, 99999 ); Open phpMyAdmin and delete wp_option named cron. You can run this SQL: … Read more
The code you are seeking for is located in the wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php. There is a bunch of classes regarding all updates.
This is the reason I always recommend to use the least amount of plugins. This obviously easier to say then do, but if you are a developer you should strive to eliminate all plugins by incorporating the relevant code into a site specific plugin or theme. Integrators obviously have less ability to achieve this. The … Read more
No. First there is the practical problem of enabling your OS being influenced by the web server, something that should never be possible. (a plugin will trigger an update and make you open to all attacks) Second, on a more philosophical level, what is the point of hardening your security if in the end you … Read more
You can click update by going to themes or dashboard > update. Changes made using the theme-options or customizer will stay intact after the update but if you have modified the theme core files or added additional codes to theme files then you will lose them with the update. In that case, the solution will … Read more
The markup above looks like a menu was not actually assigned to the area and is using the wp_list_pages() fallback instead. Point release changes (e.g. 3.3 to 3.3.1) are always going to be for major bugfixes and/or security, never for changes in functionality.