Can’t install, update, or delete plugins after migrating from Flywheel

  • Resolved maestroc

    (@maestroc)


    2 years ago

    I have decided to move off of Flywheel to self hosted WP but Flywheel is not making this easy. I was able to clone the site using WPVivid, move it, install it, and the front end and back end seemed to work fine.

    Then today I tried to update some plugins and it didn’t work, kicking my site into maintenance mode (both front and back end) which I had to delete the .matinenance file to get the site to come back up. This happens if I try to make any plugin updates or delete existing plugins through the Plugins interface. Sometimes I just get an error message under the plugin (where you click at to update one plugin at a time) that says there was an internal server error but none of these errors show up in the error_log.

    I have already commented out a line in my wp-config that referenced the old fw-config:

    // Load Flywheel plugins.
    // include_once( ABSPATH . “/.fw-config.php” );

    I also renamed the .fw-config.php file in my root folder because with it there the site would not load at all and my error_log would fill up with fatal errors.

    What else do I have to do to completely cut the cord from Flywheel or what must I do to be able to update the plugins again? There are tons of videos and articles about moving TO flywheel, but getting this site disconnected from it is becoming a nightmare.

    • This topic was modified 2 years ago by t-p. Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress from Everything else WordPress
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  • threadi

    (@threadi)

    The adjustment made sounds plausible. A tip would be in wp-content/mu-plugins/ to see if there is plugin from them included. For us here, a look at the fatal errors that are displayed to you would be interesting.

    Thread Starter maestroc

    (@maestroc)

    I got the answer via a post I made on Reddit. If you are in this situation go to Permalinks and resave them. Then go to Updates and have it reinstall WordPress. I can now install, update, etc. just fine.

    Toby963

    (@toby963)

    Hi maestroc

    Any chance you could point me to the post?

    I’m just about to move (well try and move a site) from Local to a Hosting company and
    have been looking into all i can find to try and make this as painless as possible.

    Thanks in Advance.

    Toby

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