Auto update doesn’t always work, it almost always works. I’d just upgrade manually and not worry about it. The few times I’ve had an auto update failure it succeeds the next time a new version comes out (after I’m manually updated during the breakage).
Don’t use single quotes with escape sequences like \r, \n and so on. Use double quotes: $a=”Hello, ” . “\n”; $b = “Good Bye, \n”; See Double quoted strings in PHP.
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-beta-tester/ Sets you up for the nightlies, if that is what you are looking for. I’ve got it running on my dev install @ cdn.rvoodoo.com. Works great there
This is related to expire header. Try to add a time less than 180 seconds ExpiresByType text/html “access plus 180 seconds” either in server or htaccess.
How can I bulk update all posts without making changes?
First things first, avoid defining functions inside functions. PHP doesn’t have a problem with it, but it’s usually a sign you’re “doing it wrong” and it just leads to unnecessary headaches. Second, your foreach loop at the bottom is a little malformed. You need to define the <ul> outside the loop, and then append to … Read more
Unless the plugin is in the WP Plugin repository, WP will not ‘see’ the latest version of the update. Other than putting the plugin in the repository, you will have to manually update your plugin via FTP. Assuming that you are the author of the plugin, you should know when the plugin has a new … Read more
There’re a couple of libraries out there. One of the more well known is from Joey Kudish and hosted on GitHub itself. Basically it does the following: utilizes the GitHub API Adds a callback to the ‘pre_set_site_transient_update_plugins’ filter Adds another callback to the ‘plugins_api’ filter finally utilizes the WP HTTP API and does a wp_remote_get() … Read more
Auto update specifick plugin
I had the same problem. When auto-updating, certain files would get “locked” somehow stopping the rest of the update process. Are you using Windows cache extension for PHP by any chance? Read the following post: http://ruslany.net/2011/04/wincache-and-wordpress-plugin-upgrade-problem/