Auto upgrade from 2.7 to 2.7.1 fails

If your domain is https://francehopper.wordpress.com/ then you shouldn’t be able to do any chmod changes or edit a wp-config.php file.

Who is your host?

What is your domain?

My host for the wordpress site in question is Zumu. The domain is falconaire.monmouthregional.net or wordpress.monmouthregional.net (both go to the same place).

Make sure correct values are in your wp-config.php.

Ask your host to make sure your file permissions and ownership are set correctly.

Hey Michael, do you know why nothing happens while autoupgrade says “unpacking the core update” ? It just stay like that for ever and nothing happens! I could upgrade manually, but I’d like to know the solution so my computer-illiterate clients won’t have problems hehe ??

I assume when you say to check for correct values in the wp-config.php file to check the database details and make sure they are correct? Also, what should the file ownerships be? I can override most anything by hand through FTP and believe most of the files are chmod 777 or 766.

Okay, please post the exact message you are receiving as I may be assuming the wrong thing.

“Error: There was an error connecting to the server, Please verify the settings are correct.”

That all the information it gives.

Your host, Zumu, isn’t listed in Core_Update_Host_Compatibility so you may have to resort to Upgrading WordPress instructions to do your upgrade.

Might also review some of these:
https://www.ads-software.com/search/There+was+an+error+connecting+to+the+server?forums=1

As for Zumu not being on the list, I’m not surprised. They typically host sites for schools. In any case, I checked out the wp-config file and noticed only one of the secret keys had been filled in the “SECRET_KEY” part. Could that be a problem?
This is what the file looks like right not (with the private stuff removed of course):
<?php
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘<removed>’);
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘<removed>’);
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘<removed>’);
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);
define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);
define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

define(‘SECRET_KEY’, ‘<removed>’);

$table_prefix = ‘wp_’;
define(‘WPLANG’, ”);

define(‘ABSPATH’, dirname(__FILE__).’/’);
require_once(ABSPATH.’wp-settings.php’);

?>

I noticed when I downloaded WP by hand, the wp-config file has more lines prompting for a key below “SECRET_KEY”. Do I need to have those in there?

If your blog is working no need to change wp-config.php.

Hmm alright. I’ll give my host til the end of the week to find a solution. I guess I’ll just be stuck updating by hand again if they can’t.

I updated WordPress by hand yesterday and all went well. In addition, I had a plugin that had an update today so I tried the auto-update one last time for kicks, and it worked! It appears 2.7.1 had a bug fix I needed.