TablePress Auto Update does not work

Any help or idea anyone please ..

I have the same problem!!!!!!!
I tried to test auto update extension in a localhost using both wamp server and xammp and it perfectly worked for both of them, but unfortunately it doesn’t work on server neither using “url” source nor “file on server” in these formats:

url:
“https://xxx/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/csv.csv”

file on server:
/home/xxx/public_html/xxx/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/csv.csv

Finally there are someone else too ??

I thought that was only my problem.

I dont know if we should do anything with cron jobs or something like that. Something is disabled on host server .

Any ideas anyone ?

is there anybody using the auto update without any problem?

Hi guys,

thanks for your questions, and sorry for the trouble. I’m on vacation right now and therefore won’t have the time to reply until later this week. Sorry about that!

Regards,
Tobias

Hi Tobias,
Have a nice vacation and thanks! ??

Super plugin but I am also having problems with the auto import extension. I have tried to use it through url and file on server but it has never updated. Last auto import reads as -.

Hi,

again, sorry for the delay, and sorry for the problems.

Unfortunately, there’s not really much that I can do here, as the Auto Update Extension relies on some server things quite heavily.

First of all, the server must be able to access other URLs or files on the server, which can be easily tested by trying those in a manual import in TablePress (as the code is the same as in the Extension).
If that works, but the automatic import does not, this most likely means that there’s something not working with the cron jobs that trigger the automatic update. Now, these are not regular server cron jobs, but “fake” WordPress Cron Jobs (from the WP_Cron class). These require active users on the site, that will then trigger these with their page requests. This again means, that things like a caching plugin prevent this, and therefore can not be used together with the Extension.

Regards,
Tobias

Hi Tobias,

Thank you for your reply.

Yes i can import via url or a file on server but automatic import doesnt work. Obviously it is a cron job problem. So you think that a cache plugin maybe is our problem. Hm any idea how to make that work? any cron job function or something like that. I will try to disable caching plugin (i dont remember actually if i use one right now)

Hi,

yes, then this is most likely a problem with the cron functionality. If you are using a caching plugin, that would prevent requests to WordPress, which are pivotal to trigger the cron jobs.
Unfortunately, fixing this is nothing really that I can help with, but there are a few plugins that could be helpful in investigating the cron jobs:
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/core-control/
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wp-crontrol/
https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/wp-cron-control/

Regards,
Tobias

Hi Tobias
Thanks for the answer,
My problem is solved and it was just as simple as what you said ??
I just deactivated the plugin “Maintenance Mode” and the automatic update is working great!

p.s sorry for re-posting my question,
that was because of wanting the others to share their opinions.

Best regards!
Ahmad

Hi,

yes, “Maintenance Mode” explains this ?? With that, no requests would go through to WordPress, so that no cron job would run. Nice find!
Great to hear that it is working for you now!

Regards,
Tobias

Omg i am using Maintenance Mode too…

Really how i didnt think about it…

Thank you guys !!

And thank you Tobias for this GREAT PLUGIN I will donate very soon ??

Thank you Ahmad ??

Love you guys ??

I’m not using Maintenance Mode or a caching plugin. I have installed WP Control plugin and can see the cron for auto-import. When I hit “run now” it seems to run ok and I get this message “Successfully executed the cron entry tablepress_table_auto_import_hook”. However, the data in my table doesn’t change.

I am using Genesis framework and a studiopress theme. The only plug-ins active on the site are NextGen Gallery, Genesis Simple Hooks, Genesis Slider, Smallerik File Browser and now WP Crontrol (plus TablePress and TablePress Extension: Table Auto Update obviously ?? )

Any advice would be very grateful.

Sorry, I forgot to mention manual import from both url and file on server works.

I have also deactivated all plugins and ran the auto import and it still didn’t work.