Can’t update WordPress 4.0
Execute your update during a low activity time just in case something goes wrong. Follow this link
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opcache_reset on plugin/theme/core update
Several comments just in case, you probably should check that the PHP version is 5.5 and above before calling the function (or check for its existence, not sure if an equivalent function existed in the original APC under the same name) You priority is too high. You actually want to call it after all other … Read more
How to keep cache files after plugin update?
Ok, after having digged into WP source for a couple of hours, found a workaround. Simply tell wordpress to NOT remove old files. Now files are 100% overwritten and cached files maintained. Code is really simple add_filter(‘upgrader_package_options’, ‘avoid_deletion’, 999); function avoid_deletion($options) { if($options[‘hook_extra’][‘plugin’] == ‘my-plugin/my-plugin.php’) { $options[“clear_destination”] = false; $options[“abort_if_destination_exists”] = false; } return $options; … Read more
How to automate post update website check?
I don’t know what big agencies do, but I can tell you one developer tool that can be used to automate this kind of testing: Codeception. What this sort of testing is technically called is acceptance testing. Codeception allows you to write automated acceptance tests. It even has an extension that will take screenshots and … Read more
Site Cookie Error, Redirection and Blank Pages after Upgrade
There are newlines being generated before your <!DOCTYPE> declaration, which you can see by viewing the source code of your site from your browser: As Rarst suggested, there is probably some incompatible code that is causing this output to be generated. The extra whitespace can cause the issues you’ve described. There are many resources on … Read more
What do WordPress auto updates include?
Yes there are a lot of benefits. There are 2 types of release: Major WordPress releases, e.g. 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 Minor releases e.g. 4.1.1, 4.1.2, etc Normally if a major security hole is discovered, it’s backported to the older major versions, usually the previous 3 or so ( I forget exactly how many ). Keep … Read more
I tried updating my Live wordpress site to the latest wordpress version (v4.7) and i encountered some issues
If the update wasn’t completed, you can finish it manually. Download the latest version of wordpress from https://wordpress.org/download/. After this, remove wp-admin and wp-includes folders and upload via FTP everything from the archive, except wp-content. Be sure to rewrite existing files. To complete the update, go to your wp-admin and do the database update. P.S. … Read more
How to back up and up date a site to a newer version?
To backup your website, you have 2 options. 1- use a plugin such as BackUpWordPress. The installation and FAQ on the download page is pretty self explanatory. 2- to back up your website manually, you need to have access to your host’s panel, whether it’s cPanel or DirectAdmin, or … Log into the panel, and … Read more
Where does wordpress gets its core and plugin updates
Why would you even want n automatic update in such a setting? bit orgs rarely allow just random software being installed without testing it first. In any case, this is unlikely to be achievable in a sane way unless you limit yourself only to plugins from the wordpress.org repository as any “pro” type of plugin … Read more
Cannot upgrade anything in vps install (migrated wp)
Update process tries to get wp_filesystem credentials and cannot do it. It seems that file privileges are wrong. Files must have 644 mode, directories – 755. Owner of files and directories must be the same user, on whose behalf is running php. Php user is set in www.conf file.