Plugin upgrades not working

  • I’ve seen this reported a number of times, always with a temporary solution. I’m curious as to whether there is a more permanent fix.

    Basically, when trying to do an automatic plugin update (or an automatic update of WordPress itself) I get the error…

    Downloading install package from https://downloads.www.ads-software.com/plugin/[plugin name].

Unpacking the package.

Could not copy file /public_html/wp-content/upgrade/[plugin folder and file]

    Obviously, I’ve removed the name of the specific plugin above, as it’s not really relevent.

    The temporary solution is for me to go to the upgrade folder and change the folder permissions to 777. This then works. As soon as I try to upgrade another plugin however, it fails and I have to do the same again.

    Are there any solutions to this one?

    Thanks,
    David.

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  • Hi all,

    THEMES

    I was facing a similar problem while installing themes and was running the latest version of WordPress (Version 2.9.2).

    I tried various themes, all which couldn’t get installed or copied.

    So finally, I gave all the rights to the database user.
    Still the problem existed.

    And I was installing the themes from the Dashboard of the WordPress.

    SOLUTION:
    Went to the File Manager in my hosting service provider.
    Gave all the rights to all the folders – which them appears as 777

    Now installed the same theme that gave the error and it got installed and seems all set to go.

    Best Wishes,
    UD

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