kitfreeman

Yep, I did a manual update. I’m trying auto-REinstalls now. Since these fail with the same error message, I assume the problem remains and needs to be fixed before next update.

Nope. Still fails. Thanks for your suggestions. Googling suggests this is a fairly common but very tricky problem. I’ve been in touch with my hosting company and all seems good at their end. My two other blogs auto update fine.

0755. I ran these commands on the whole install:
find [path]/public_html/ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
find [path]/public_html/ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

Doh! Sorry — it was a typo! All the directories are 755. All the files 644.

Hi — All my directories are now set to 775 and files to 644, but the problem’s still there. One-click update fails with message:

“The update cannot be installed because we will be unable to copy some files. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions.: wp-admin/includes/update-core.php”

I have two other blogs on the same server that auto update fine, and this one did till I this last update. No other changes to the site except for content (text) and plugin updates.

Does anyone have any more suggestions for debugging this, please?

wp-admin/ 0775
wp-admin/includes/ 0775

Thanks. I flipped all the files in admin/includes/ over to 0644, but the problem still remains. Same error message – inconsistent file permissions on update-core.php. ??

update-core.php is set to 0664 (same as all files).

Hi —
Thanks for your suggestion. I was just hitting the button (it’s always worked in the past!). However, I’ve just tried again with all the plugins deactivated, and I still get the same problem (same error message “The update cannot be installed because we will be unable to copy some files. This is usually due to inconsistent file permissions.: wp-admin/includes/update-core.php”).
So it doesn’t look like a plugin issue. ??

Hi

Thanks for your reply. The auto install was definitely not working — it reported ‘Installation failed’ each time.

I’ve done a manual update for now, but there’s still an underlying problem. After the manual update, I tried an auto re-update to see if the problem reoccurred, and it did. So the problem’s not fixed.

As you say, it seems to be about file permissions. Does anyone have any advice on how to track down the source of the problem, please?

Thanks!

Brilliant! That’s a neat option.

Thanks again. I’ll rate the plugin now.

Best, Keith

Thanks! I certainly will rate the plugin (and highly!)

One final, final question, if I may, please: Can custom css be used to display or hide particular columns? From your original answer I suspect it can’t, but if it could it would offer an even neater solution to my problem. I could put the icons in a separate column and set the column to hide if the browser window was smaller than 768px.

Best wishes,
Keith

Thank you Tobias! That works perfectly.

One final question, please, if I may: Will this custom css be retained if I do an automatic update of TablePress?

Best wishes, Keith

Sure! Thanks again.

Hi Tobias

Thanks very much for your swift reply and full explanation.

This is the effect some people are getting: https://twitter.com/Abebab/status/519883214023045120. But from what you say, it seems there’s no easy fix for this with HTML tables.

I wonder if this would be a feasible solution: (1) create a simpler table without the icons (2) set wordpress to substitute the simpler table when the browser screen resolution falls below a certain figure. Do you think that would work, and, if so, can give me any tips on how to create the conditional command needed for (2)?

Thanks again, both for the plugin and for the excellent support you offer!

Keith