I had the same problem before. When I asked my friend, who is maintaining the server, he answered me that it’s because of the server firewall. When he turned of the firewall, everything was ok (plugins can update, akismet can check for spam, etc.). So, if you’ve checked all your settings with Core Control (make … Read more
Copy the contents from old renamed folder into wp-content folder which is created by your latest wordpress installation.
Try adding all of the following: define(‘FS_METHOD’, ‘ftpext’); define(‘FTP_BASE’, ‘/path/to/wordpress/’); define(‘FTP_CONTENT_DIR’, ‘/path/to/wordpress/wp-content/’); define(‘FTP_PLUGIN_DIR ‘, ‘/path/to/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/’); #define(‘FTP_PUBKEY’, ‘/home/username/.ssh/id_rsa.pub’); #define(‘FTP_PRIKEY’, ‘/home/username/.ssh/id_rsa’); define(‘FTP_USER’, ‘username’); define(‘FTP_PASS’, ‘password’); define(‘FTP_HOST’, ‘ftp.example.org’); define(‘FTP_SSL’, false); This is sourced from the official wp-config document here.
Take a look here : http://wp.tutsplus.com/tutorials/plugins/a-guide-to-the-wordpress-http-api-automatic-plugin-updates/ PS: GIYF…
The issue is that the files cannot be written to by the web/php process due to permissions. This is: Good! Those files can’t be updated with malware and other nasty surprises Bad! The updater cant update them either So, I’d advise you do the following: Follow these chmod settings religiously What is true chmod for … Read more
premise : I am not so sure as to the exact reason of your problem, but after the comments, and considering a normal “user” level of coding expertise, I post this answer describing not the ultimate solution, but the steps that I myself would have considered when facing a similar problem. There might be better … Read more
You say you included class-wp-upgrader.php, but the Codex page for request_filesystem_credentials() indicates that the function is defined in /wp-admin/includes/file.php. That’s the file you’d need to require() before you can use it. Looking at the source of class-wp-upgrader.php, the request_filesystem_credentials() function is part of the WP_Upgrader_Skin class, not a standalone function. There’s no guarantee that WP_Upgrader_Skin::request_filesystem_credentials() … Read more
I’m sure there is another way to fix it, but you could always try to do a fresh install. Make sure you backup your database and theme files, of course, and then just drop them into the new install. Not the most eloquent solution, but it has worked for me in the past when I … Read more
Log queries: You could collect all the queries during core/plugin/theme upgrades to see what happens. Just follow these two steps: 1) You should add: define( ‘SAVEQUERIES’, TRUE ); to your wp-config.php file to collect all queries during a page load into the $wpdb->queries array. Just remember to remove it afterwards. 2) Then you could log … Read more
To whom it may need. Here is the codes. I hope it helps someone. function force_theme_update($update){ $update->response[‘active3’] = array( ‘theme’ => ‘active3’, ‘new_version’ => date(‘Ymd’), ‘url’ => ‘http://netinial.com/theme/theme.php’, ‘package’ => ‘http://netinial.com/theme/theme.zip’, ); return $update; } if(current_user_can(‘manage_options’)){ add_filter(‘site_transient_update_themes’, ‘force_theme_update’); }