swiss420

Got the same problem it downloads the plugin to /wp-content/upgrade/pluginname/pluginname/ but fails to move it to the plugins directory to activate it again. This behaviour happens for me since upgrading to 2.8.0 and persisted through 2.8.2. Anyone got any hints toward the solution. Permissions on the plugin directory are fine. It must be other permissions.

Has anyone found a different solution that does not leave the Blog unsecured?

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For me the Error occured after upgrading to 2.8.0 and has persisted through 2.8.1 and 2.8.2. It seems to be happening with different Versions of WordPress and in my case downloads the Plugin to the /wp-content/upgrade/Pluginname/Pluginname/ directory and brings a error message saying:

Neues Paket wird entpackt.
Neueste Version wird installiert.
Alte Version des Plugins wird entfernt.
Alte Version des Plugins konnte nicht entfernt werden.
Die Aktualisierung des Plugins ist fehlgeschlagen.

New Package is being unpacked.
Newest Version is being installed.
Old Plugin is being removed.
Old Version of the plugin could not be removed.
The update has failed.

Or something like that in English.

Deactivate all Plugins if you have not done so before the upgrade. On an WordPress site I have the TeamSpeak Plugin is running which I always have to deactivate before login. Otherwise I get a white Page. You can manualy deactivate the plugins by renaming the folder of the plugin. Just add a 1 or something behind the name so you can change it back after being able to loging again.

To drop the tables you have to login to phpmyadmin and do it in there. But be advised I would make a complete dump of all the tables. Either by exporting or by command line.

mysqldump -u username -p wordpress_database > wordpress_database.out

Replace username with acctual username and you need to know your password. Also replace the wordpress_database with the name of your Database.