automatic update not working, even after all the config changes

Hello @dkomander!

Sorry you are experiencing these problems. Hopefully I can be of assistance.

Download old version of wordpress 4.5.0 under CentOS 7 64 bit with apache 2.4, php, mariadb and setup everything manually (i.e. download wordpress.zip from website, unzip into wwwroot-folder, setup wp-config.php for database settings…)

The WordPress core shouldn’t be the issue. We have done multiple tests on WordPress 4.5.3 and Easy Updates Manager works on it.

This could be a cron type issue. Have you tried using the Force Updates button in the Advanced tab of Easy Updates Manager? Click it, wait 90 seconds and then refresh the page to see if it automatically updated anything.

If this helps, i created a centos 7 vm in a aws environment (amazon ec2).

Could be something to do with your hosting setup. I know that we have had many problems before with people not getting Easy Updates Manager working because of hosts default configurations.

Um… trying to think of what else could cause this. I see James got you to check to see if there was anything in your wp-config.php that is disabling it.

What plugins do you have installed on your website? Disabling them wouldn’t hurt to see if it fixes it.

Try some of the stuff above and let me know if any of it worked or not. @ronalfy can also chime in a provide some more suggestions ??

Matthew

Hi Matthew,

first of all, sorry for the late reply (have been busy for quite while) and thank you for the suggestions!

I tried your solutions (force update & disabling plugins) but unfortunately, it did not change anything. ??

I am convinced it must be either myself or the machines that i create but finding that out is the hard part.

However, i also tried installing completely new centos 7 machines not only in aws, but also in our vsphere with the normal image you can download you get from centos.

Aside from deactivating firewalld, selinux and installing basic lamp construction and wordpress, nothing else was done on these machines.

And still it refuses to work. So i must still be missing something… :-/

As you noticed, i searched for everything in the wordpress-configuration, that is DISABLING my auto updates but could not find any.

The manual update mechanic itself works smoothly, as soon as i hit “update core” or “update plugin” it just updates and works normally after that. It just won’t auto update, even if i let the machines stay on for weeks.

Maybe someone can replicate this also with a completely new centos 7 machine, installed with basic lamp and wordpress (older version, to test auto update), and also deactivate firewalld and selinux (or configure it so let these apps communicate). It would help greatly. ??

Best Regards

David