Comments on: WordPress 2.8.5 Automatic Upgrade Fiasco

By: jcl

jcl — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:49:59 +0000

/** Define memory settings */
define(’WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘64M’);

worked perfectly! big thanks!

By: The Mayor

The Mayor — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:31:23 +0000

Ok, got it working.

For me, I had to follow the method of disabling all my plugins first. That was not necessary for me to do when upgrading to 2.8.5 and the auto-upgrade worked fine then. This time, though, I had to disable everything first for whatever reason.

Cheers,

The Mayor

By: The Mayor

The Mayor — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:02:50 +0000

/** Define memory settings */
define(’WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘64M’);

this did NOT work for me. i also tried making the amount larger – to 128M and that did not work either. i am trying to go from 2.8.5. to 2.8.6.

any suggestions?

By: Kevin Kaland

Kevin Kaland — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:31:11 +0000

The following…

/** Define memory settings */
define(’WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘64M’);

…also worked for me. Much appreciated!

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:29:06 +0000

/** Define memory settings */
define(’WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ‘64M’);

worked for me. Thanks.

By: Zander

Zander — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:49:51 +0000

Ugh! For such a minor change in 2.8.6, you’d think they’d figure out a way to offer a simple patch in lieu of a complete upgrade.

By: Keith Davis

Keith Davis — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:44:04 +0000

2.8.5? take another look… 2.8.6 is out now!
I upgrade using cPanel and I only have 1 site to upgrade, but 40!

Oh well, Christmas and 2.9 will soon be with us.

By: Zander

Zander — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:44:57 +0000

Ok, I found a fix for this issue.. You need to add this in your wp-config.php file:

/** Define memory settings */
define(‘WP_MEMORY_LIMIT’, ’64M’);

Apparently WP needs more memory, and this is an easy way to address it, especially if you don’t have access to php.ini.

Please comment if it works for you.

By: Zander

Zander — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:57:15 +0000

I did a manual update on a few of the sites that I wanted updated immediately, but for the rest I’m just waiting until a real fix is announced. Some people in the support forums talked about disabling your plugins, but that fix didn’t work for me.

By: Suzy

Suzy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:51:00 +0000

Hi there,

I seem to be having the same problem with one of my sites. It’s hung up as well. What did you do?

thanks!