Critical issue: Background updates are not working as expected

  • antti999

    (@antti999)


    5 years ago

    Background updates ensure that WordPress can auto-update if a security update is released for the version you are currently using.

    Error A plugin has prevented updates by disabling wp_version_check().
    Passed No version control systems were detected.
    Passed Your installation of WordPress doesn’t require FTP credentials to perform updates.
    Error Some files are not writable by WordPress:
    xmlrpc.php
    wp-blog-header.php
    readme.html
    wp-signup.php
    index.php
    wp-cron.php
    wp-login.php
    wp-settings.php
    license.txt
    wp-mail.php
    wp-links-opml.php
    wp-load.php
    wp-includes/class-wp-user-query.php
    wp-includes/l10n.php
    wp-includes/date.php
    wp-includes/class-wp-oembed.php
    wp-includes/images/blank.gif
    wp-includes/images/down_arrow.gif
    wp-includes/images/spinner.gif
    wp-includes/images/media/interactive.png

    The problem is occurring on 2 of my websites with different themes and plugins.
    I have tried to disable all plugins, even changeg theme but this issue wouldn’t resolved. I asked Godaddy about it, the claim everything is working fine from what they can see. But I am not sure everything is working fine. How to resolve this critical issue. Thanks

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  • phillcoxon

    (@phillcoxon)

    Hi @antti999,

    I’m not sure if you’re still experiencing this issue but I thought I’d reply.

    The two things that stand out for me in your log above are:

    1) “A plugin has prevented updates by disabling wp_version_check()”.

    I’d suggest doing a full backup of your site and then disable plugins and re-enable until you find the plugin blocking updates. Start with any security plugins first.

    Note that this error rings warning bells for me. I’d suggest making sure that a plugin has a legitimate reason for blocking update checks as it could be a sign of a compromised plugin preventing itself from being updated.

    If you are suspicious you can delete and reinstall plugins from a fresh source (www.remarpro.com plugin depository or premium plugin sources).

    2) “Some files are not writable by WordPress”

    This suggests that the file permissions may not be correct for these files are blocking updates. This might also potentially trigger the error message in (1).

    You may need to access your site via FTP/SFTP/SSH and ensure the file permissions are set correctly. This is also something that GoDaddy support should be able to help you with.

    You read more about standard file permissions here:

    Changing File Permissions

    Hope that helps.

    Thanks in advance,

    Phill

    Thread Starter antti999

    (@antti999)

    Like I stated above. Even if I changed theme nothing helps. Disabling all plugins changes nothing either so I don’t have to activate them to know the problem, the issue still exist without any active plugin.
    Notice also that I stated I have 2 websites with completely different themes and different plugins. Suddenly both sites which has nothing in common apart from wordpress and godaddy experiencing same issue.

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