auto upgrade to 2.8.3 wants ‘hostname’?

Not sure.

Elaborate.

when i click on the ‘autoupdate’ link i get this:

Connection Information

To perform the requested action, connection information is required.
Hostname (data field)
Username (data field)
Password (data field)

username/password i can figure out, but the hostname field has me somewhat stumped. my blog’s url doesn’t work; could it be looking for the exact address of my hosting serice server?

Blind stab here without knowing your hosting setup but try
Hostname: localhost
Works with most hosting setups.

it wants the ftp info for the auto upgrades
https://ftp.domainname.com
user
pass

ah, thanks samboll; i’ll give that a try!

funny though how the previous upgrades just sort of…happened; they didn’t need this info.

Hummmmm

Along the same lines – I just used the domain name “domainname.com” (no quotes) without the ftp or www. It seems to connect ok but I get this message:

Unable to locate WordPress Root directory.
Installation Failed

My wp is installed in the root – what I see on ftp connect is several directories, one of which is “httpdocs” – my “root” is inside that directory.

Ideas?

you may need to do it manually then – not all servers allow this to work

I’m experiencing the same thing. Host is A Small Orange. Upgrades have worked fine without a ftp connection.

I have 2 WP installations, neither on the root.

So, I guess we’re on our own here? I see this issue is “not resolved”.

Here’s what ASO’s tech support instructed me to do, which worked:

Hostname: WP had inserted “http”, but this had to be my website address

Username & Password: replace what WP filled in with cPanel login information.

WP is asking for this everytime I install a plugin now. Since it doesn’t seem to be happening for everyone, including everyone whose blogs are hosted by A Small Orange, I’m guessing there is a problem somewhere. Since this is not a shared computer, I allowed my browser to save the username and password information, though WordPress may do that on its own.

Hope this helps.

I had this same question and problem for my first upgrade.
Through trial and error I figured it out.
It needs a FTP login so I created a separate ftp user in cpanel which has access to that specific directory (and subs) so as to not compromise my main ftp login for entire account in the event of a security breach.

This is the format I used:

Hostname: https://ftp.mydomain.com
Username: [email protected]
Password: *******

That worked!