3.0 Stuck in Maintenance Mode after failed plugin upgrade

  • Resolved josefdunne

    (@josefdunne)


    14 years, 5 months ago

    My wordpress 3.0 is stuck in maintenance mode, after I tried to upgrade a plugin, the plugin upgrade failed stating:-

    “Failed to create directory /public_html”

    Now the whole site even the /wp-admin just shows this message:

    “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.”

    Even if maintenance mode is enabled, I should still be able to access /wp-admin no?

    Any help!?

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  • I faced the same issue THRICE in WordPress 3.1.3 (and also in early 3.1) while updating a plugin. Got stuck in maintenance mode and simply removing the .maintenance file NEVER worked for me.

    In my case what I had to do was:

    1. Delete the .maintenance file
    2. Delete the affected plugin folder entirely from wp-content/plugins/
    3. Pay attention to this step as this can be the root cause for many. Under wp-content you’ll find a new folder named upgrade. Clear out whatever you find under this folder. If you have shell access do a rm -rf upgrade/* or manually remove all files and folders from this dir.

    You system WILL start working again after this.

    P.S. If anyone’s wondering if it’s got to do with restricted shell / permissions – I’m on a VPS with full access to all parts of the server. So it isn’t an issue about shared / non-permissive hosting.

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