updating to wordpress 5.3 Download failed.: cURL error 28: on localhost

  • Hi, I can’t update to the latest version on my localhost environment with mamp, it comes up with this error message

    Download failed.: cURL error 28: Operation timed out after 300000 milliseconds with 39334397123493888 out of 56926067771834368 bytes received

    when I googled it the advice was to update the core, but this is when I update the core.

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    Try MANUALLY updating. Download WordPress again and unzip it, and use that to copy up. Access your server via SFTP or FTP, or a file manager in your hosting account’s control panel (consult your hosting provider’s documentation for specifics on these), and delete then replace your copies of everything on the server EXCEPT the wp-config.php file and the /wp-content/ directory with fresh copies from the download. This will effectively replace all of your core files without damaging your content and settings. (NOTE: do not delete the?wp-content?directory or your?wp-config.php?file). Please read the Manual Update directions first.

    Backup: If you haven’t already done, always backup everything (including your database) before doing any actions, just in case something really goes wrong. You can never have enough backups! See https://www.ads-software.com/support/article/wordpress-backups/

    Thread Starter mttindustries

    (@mttindustries-1)

    I was hoping not to manually update it. I did that on another site that was having the same issue. Right now it’s just too much effort to go through with the current workload I’ve got.

    what’s the point of having this update button if it doesn’t work.

    I am also facing the same issue how can I solve this @mttindustries-1

    Thread Starter mttindustries

    (@mttindustries-1)

    I ended up just manually updating it. So Downloading the new wordpress files and moving them across. You could also try adjusting your php.ini settings. If you’re running php 7 and above, you can turn off the lib compression (i think that’s what it was) and increasing the file upload and download limit.

    To edit your php.ini file you’ll have to locate what your program’s php files are and what php version it’s running. For me on on Mamp on windows it was programs/mamp/config/php7.10.2/php.ini

    I hope that helps

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