Update to 4.1.1 not working?

Can confirm that the workaround proposed by @taurus1016 also worked for me. Make sure you remove the three lines from the wp-config.php file as soon as the upgrade to 4.1.1 is complete so you don’t end up with passwords in your config files.

I confirm! Working solution. Do not forget to delete the 3 lines after the upgrade.

Same here. @taurus1016 ‘s solution was the only way I could upgrade from 4.1 to 4.1.1

I had the exact same problem. WordPress 4.1.1 would not update.

I have a few other WP sites so I compared the config.php files.

I removed this stuff and the update worked fine.

define ('WPLANG', 'en_US');

define ('FS_METHOD', 'direct');

define('WP_DEBUG', false);

//--- disable auto upgrade
define( 'AUTOMATIC_UPDATER_DISABLED', true );

if(is_admin()) {
	add_filter('filesystem_method', create_function('$a', 'return "direct";' ));
	define( 'FS_CHMOD_DIR', 0751 );
}

if(is_admin()) {
	add_filter('filesystem_method', create_function('$a', 'return "ftpext";' ));
	define( 'FS_CHMOD_DIR', 0755 );
}

I tried adding the stuff about the FTP_USER but that didn’t work for me.

Hope this helps.

For those who are interested; you can watch this ticket regarding this problem:
https://core.trac.www.ads-software.com/ticket/31378

After my site updated to 4.1.1, at first I could not log in as the admin and now the site is down altogether. what should I do?

exactly same here.
I am not going to edit each config.php twice to be able to update.
Plugins are updating still as before by entering my FTP Password, so I see no ‘security measure’ on my site.
Thanks for the ticket and sorry for posting ‘in other people’s threads’ – I just have the same issue..

Are we sure this update has not been hacked? The websites I’ve tried to update are now showing a small, short rotating message next to the Help in the upper right corner of the admin interface.

@ron:
Link or screenshot pls.

https://www.papercutpro.com/wp-admin/

You won’t be able to see it without admin access though. How do get you a screenshot clip? You can send email to ron (at) ronsmithmd.com I can send it to you I suppose.

I had the same issue as the OP exactly, but the solution provided by @taurus1016 fixed it for me.

You MUST remove those 3 lines from wp-config.php afterwards though.

Do you have a strange random message showing up next the Help in the right hand side of the admin UI now? One said ‘Find her an empty lap” and this is so strange that I suspect this update has been hacked and that’s why the install fails. I’m not installing anything until the installer runs as says it should, or there is an official statement from www.ads-software.com.

@ronsmithmd: Deactivate the Hello Dolly plugin.

Thanks, Burt. I usually delete that and I had never noticed the strange messages until the update failed and they started popping up after that blank page.

Warmest regards,

Ron

I’m going to chime in (and this is, as @kay9 said, relevant to the issue and doesn’t need another thread). One site that I’m working on would not update to 4.1.1, so I tried @taurus1016’s solution. It worked! Yay!. Just be sure to enter your own login details and place the code above this line:
/* That’s all, stop editing! Happy blogging. */

Then, delete that code after the update. Thanks, @taurus1016!