Impossible. The path is hard coded in many places (wp-admin/includes/update-core.php for example). I think this is worth a Trac ticket, if there isn’t one already. We can move the directories for plugins, themes and mu-plugins. This is the last thing why we need a wp-content directory at all. Update There was a short discussion in … Read more
This issue is solved. The permission problem has to do with how files are uploaded to the WordPress site while updating. The suPHP solution is my preference at this point because it is simpler and requires less permissions on files, but if you don’t want to do that then you’ll have to take care to … Read more
Could not create directory is still a permissions error; have you checked Changing File Permissions « WordPress Codex? Are wp-content, themes and plugins 755? Any file that needs write access from WordPress should be owned or group-owned by the user account used by the WordPress (which may be different than the server account). For example, … Read more
I don’t know of a great before and after comparitor that would get you the results you need. In fact I would be worried that any tool like that won’t catch any failures in functionality. Honestly I would suggest incrementally building up a testing suite that goes through some of your standard processes and verifies … Read more
It is one element of the response Array that’s a property of the object stored in the update_plugins or update_themes site transient. That transient looks like this (var_dump()ed): object(stdClass)#1 (4) { [“last_checked”]=> int(1519305016) [“response”]=> array(1) { [“akismet/akismet.php”]=> object(stdClass)#2 (11) { [“id”]=> string(21) “w.org/plugins/akismet” [“slug”]=> string(7) “akismet” [“plugin”]=> string(19) “akismet/akismet.php” [“new_version”]=> string(5) “4.0.3” [“url”]=> string(38) “https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/” … Read more
SP for any stable release. WP as you see fit normally, I discuss that with Denis as well. Right now SP is compatible with WP 3.0.1 and WP 2.9.2 so you have the choice. The memo on WP is “3.x only if you need it”. That’s how I take it for my own and client … Read more
Sites on previous minor versions (the middle dot in the version number) will generally automatically upgrade to new patch versions (the last dot) if there’s a security release. For example, a site on 4.4.3 might automatically upgrade to 4.4.4 if a security patch release was issued for 4.5.2 to 4.5.3. This means that security patches … Read more
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.
Not very well. There are issues with not only WordPress but plugins in general when moving databases on the fly, as for as I know, there is no seemless (or effortless) way to do this, it’s hacky at best, for that reason most people still use database dumps. If you just care about preserving db … Read more
If you’re using the most recent version of WordPress, there are two ways you can update your plugins by just clicking a button (OK, maybe a couple, but it’s still really easy). Under Dashboard in your WP admin, there will an Updates option. Click on that and you should see something like this: Choose Select … Read more