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WordPress Update Failed
WordPress core, plugin, or theme update failed, potentially leaving site broken.
What You're Seeing
- "Update failed" or "Installation failed"
- Update freezes or times out
- "Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance"
Why This Happens
- 1PHP timeout during update
- 2Insufficient permissions
- 3Not enough disk space
- 4Memory limit too low
How We Fix It
Our senior engineers follow this systematic approach to resolve the issue quickly and permanently.
Stuck Maintenance: Delete .maintenance file from root.
Manual Update: Download fresh files, upload via FTP (keep wp-config.php).
Fix Permissions: Ensure WordPress can write to folders.
Preventing This Issue
Backup before updates, test in staging, ensure adequate resources, verify permissions.
Related Guides
If you're experiencing this issue, you may also want to check these related problems:
- White Screen of Death - The WordPress white screen of death (WSOD) is a blank white page with no error message displayed. This WordPress blank page issue occurs when a PHP fatal error happens with error display disabled. The white screen of death WordPress problem can affect your entire site or just the admin area. Understanding how to fix white screen of death errors requires enabling debugging to identify the underlying PHP issue.
- WordPress Memory Limit Exceeded - PHP running out of allocated memory, causing crashes or failed operations.
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