WordPress updates progress sometimes blank (but succeeds)

  • Resolved Charles

    (@charlesrodmell)


    1 year ago

    A bit random this one and entirely unimportant, but does anyone know why, if I visit the “updates” page, select all plugins and press update, on some sites it shows them updating one by one and on other sites the progress is empty until all have finished and then suddenly appears with the full list.

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  • Aniekan

    (@anieeedet)

    Hey Charles
    WordPress updates plugins in batches. When you select all plugins and press update, WordPress will first update a few plugins at a time. Once those plugins have finished updating, WordPress will update the next batch of plugins. This is done to prevent your server from being overloaded.

    Some sites may show the progress bar filling up as each plugin updates. Others may only show progress once all the plugins have finished updating. WordPress themes and plugins can use different methods to report their progress.

    There is no way to change how WordPress updates plugins. You can let WordPress update plugins in batches or update plugins manually, one at a time.

    Here are some of the reasons why WordPress updates plugins in batches:

    • To prevent your server from being overloaded.
    • To make sure that all of your plugins are compatible with the latest version of WordPress.
    • To allow you to test each plugin after it has been updated.

    If you are concerned about your site’s performance, you can try updating plugins manually one at a time. However, this can be a time-consuming process.

    Thread Starter Charles

    (@charlesrodmell)

    Ok, so somehow WP is flagging a server as needing to do updates one at a time, whereas another server just does the whole lot and reports at the end, because it’s more powerful.

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