“Installation failed” when upgrading WordPress
December 6, 2009 – 10:01 amAfter a few hours of trying to find a solution to the “Installation failed” error message, when using the automatic upgrade feature in WordPress, I finally found the/my solution.
The problem:
I’v tried to perform a WordPress 2.8 to WordPress 2.8.6 upgrade with WordPress installed in the website’s root folder.
Another installation of the same version located in a subfolder and used as a sandbox before updating the production installation, automatically updated without any error.
The solution:
The FTP account, used for the automatic upgrades, did in this case have the WordPress installation folder as it’s root folder.
Moving the wordpress installation to a subfolder and reconfiguring the domain settings solved the problem.
One Response to ““Installation failed” when upgrading WordPress”
Very interesting points you have pointed out. Hopefully this comment will reach you as I’ve been getting a 500 error on your server lately ?? what’s going on ?
By Obrazy do bytu on Jan 10, 2010