After 4.2 update, "Update" button discards edits and dumps me on home page

  • Resolved flashjazzcat

    (@flashjazzcat)


    9 years, 7 months ago

    Hadn’t done any page edits for a few weeks, and site (atari8.co.uk) auto-updated to WP 4.2 the other day. Subsequently tried to edit a page and every time I click the “Update” button, edits are lost and I’m left staring at the home page of the site. Curiously, I CAN edit said static front page – just not any others.

    Solutions tried so far:

    1. Disabling all plug-ins
    2. Updating all plug-ins
    3. Manually re-installing 4.2 updater via FTP
    4. Deactivating all plug-ins by renaming plug-in folder
    5. Trying different browsers
    6. Trying different themes
    7. Accessing via a different PC/IP address
    8. Raising a ticket with my host, who white-listed a mod rule which was causing an IP block
    9. Repeating 1-7
    10. Disabling mod security entirely on the site, then repeating 1-7 again (mod security then re-enabled)
    11. Giving up…

    Any clues what could be wrong? I only set the site up a few weeks ago and as far as I could tell, all was running perfectly prior to the 4.2 update.

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  • my updating button does not work either, just keeps showing “Updating…” nothing

    Thread Starter flashjazzcat

    (@flashjazzcat)

    Do you have a static home page? It’s interesting that that’s the only one which successfully edits.

    I wish I’d had the chance to make a current back-up before WP went ahead and updated itself. Unfortunately I didn’t have the opportunity. It’s looking like a downgrade or a complete reinstall now…

    Thread Starter flashjazzcat

    (@flashjazzcat)

    Now it’s just this minute updated itself to 4.2.1 and the problem is still there!!!

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    @mikulabc, If you have a solution you can share it right here where everyone can benefit.

    For me this is how it now works, unfortunately no other way around:
    – “Update” one plugin with ajax mode
    – Now reload the page
    – “Update” next plugin with ajax mode
    – Now reload the page

    this goes on like this

    Thread Starter flashjazzcat

    (@flashjazzcat)

    Thanks, but I don’t quite follow.

    Thread Starter flashjazzcat

    (@flashjazzcat)

    Update:

    I reached the stage where I was ready to tear the entire site down and start again. I backed it up and then decided to test a downgrade to 4.1.1, however, after renaming the plugin folder to plugin.HOLD. The downgrade didn’t fix the edit problem (although it did update something on the database), so I decided to re-update to 4.2.1 again, not really sure where I was going with it. Then I managed to trigger some kind of contention when renaming the plugin folder back to reactivate it, and tripped a security rule, blocking my own IP. While lifting the IP block, I disabled MOD security on the server (again) and for some reason decided to give editing a page another crack. It worked!

    I then re-enabled security, assuming I’d trigger a rule again and I’d have to track it down with the host. But no: editing continues to work with MOD security activated again.

    Do not ask me exactly what was wrong or how it was fixed. I can just describe the fairly random things that happened before it started working again. Not sure if something in the database was put right by the downgrade or what. No idea. As well as keeping regular backups, I’ll be definitely be disabling automatic updates.

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