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WordPress automatic update error. Download failed : SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate, “Installation Failed”

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This error indicates that your SSL certificate has either expired or is corrupted. I came across this error recently on a local WordPress installation and the solution is as follows: Download the latest cert.pem file from https://curl.haxx.se/docs/caextract.html Save this file (called cacert.pem) in your php installation directory Open php.ini in an editor and search for … Read more

Will there be any concern if I upgrade my current WordPress Database server from Centos 7 Mariadb 5.5 to Centos 8 Mariadb 10.3?

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WordPress is unaware of what kind of database server you’re using, as long as it accepts MySQL flavour SQL, can be communicated with via the mysqli PHP extension, and supports the feature set of the minimum requirements, WordPress is happy. As a result, none of the concerns you need to worry about are related to … Read more

Disable a plugin from ever upgrading?

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Hi @ripper234: Either 1.) edit the plugin header comment in the main plugin file and change the Version: value to something like 999, or 2.) move the plugin to the “Must Use” plugin directory: /wp-content/mu-plugins. Here’s an example from /wp-content/plugins/akismet/akismet.php of the plugin header comment for Akismet: /* Plugin Name: Akismet Plugin URI: http://akismet.com/ Description: … Read more

“WordPress installations is currently out of date” problem with difficult situation [closed]

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Well, someone has to be hosting it, so I recommend tracking them down. I’ve taken the liberty of doing this for you (using WhoIsHostingThis?). Your host is IX Web Hosting, contact their customer support and see if you can either get them to do the upgrade for you or, preferably, get them to give you … Read more

Why does WordPress 4.1 have an auto-update entry in wp_options?

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The “autoupdate” value you see there is just a string in the “response” field from the version check API call. It doesn’t determine whether or not your site actually performs an autoupdate. You’ll see that field in every response returned from core version checks. Basically, it’s just saying that a potential autoupdate is available for … Read more

Is WordPress 4.0 a Major update?

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WordPress 4.0 is not a major update, at least referencing the scheme {major}.{minor}.{patch}. However, WordPress version numbering is explained here, and major versions are identified by the first two numbers, e.g. some recent major versions were 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 4.0, and 4.1 coming in December 2014. WordPress noted in the release post, “4.0 is just … Read more