auto update broke my site!

Downgrading back to .31 resolves the problems on both sites. Both sites are nearly identical in configuration and plug-ins, both up-to-date with WP 4.0.1 and plugins. The update to .33 definitely broke this.

@halbert – Which “auto-updater” are you referring to?

– Cais.

The WordPress Updates page, using the Plugins update option.

I had to download the .31 version of NextGen and use my ftp client to overwrite the .33 version.

Both sites now back running, and both break again when I try to update to .33 – using my ftp client, not the WordPress updater

@halbert – How are your sites breaking with version 2.0.66.33 being installed/over-writing version 2.0.66.31 (the differences between those two version is extremely minimal)?

The error message would indicate a potentially corrupted file … have you tried deactivating, deleting, then re-installing NextGEN Gallery?

– Cais.

Okay, I deactivated NextGen then uploaded a new copy of the plugin version .33 and re-activated.

It’s now working and the errors have gone away. So apparently a corrupted file somewhere.

It’s very odd that on two separate sites the same thing would happen, using the built-in wordpress update mechanism.

However both are working again now.

Thanks!

@halbert – It would be very odd indeed and extremely rare, but its good to know it sorted itself out with fresh updates.

Thanks!

– Cais.