Re: Suggestions for WordPress support sites

Gotcha - doing this manually for numerous plugins and themes would be very tedious. I've seen a similar issue when using SFTP vs. FTP. I'm guessing this is a connection issue.

Thanks,
Todd


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From: WEB400 [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 10:10 AM
To: Web400@Midrange. Web400
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Suggestions for WordPress support sites

Hi Todd,

Yes - I know I can do it manually - but this is just one plug in out of a number - and I have the same problem with themes. Since they all fail with the same error I’m pretty sure it is a simple common cause and I need to find that because always having to do manual updates is just not acceptable.

I agree about the password plugin - hadn’t thought about removing it afterwards - that might work.


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

On May 21, 2015, at 8:56 AM, Allen, Todd <Todd.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jon,

For Akismet try updating the plugin manually. Download the zip file and then upload in via FTP. You will need to re-eneter your settings. Here is the Akismet page:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/

For the password expiry the path of least resistance will likely be a plugin. An initial search produced a couple options but the plugins were over 2 years old. If this is a 1-time thing it may be OK to use the older plugin and then delete it after this initial use.

Thanks,
Todd


-----Original Message-----
From: WEB400 [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon
Paris
Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2015 6:47 PM
To: Web400@Midrange. Web400
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Suggestions for WordPress support sites

Hi Mauricio, thanks for offering to help.

I actually have two issues right now.

First is the one I posted on the Wordpress forum:

"WordPress has updated itself just fine but when I try to update Plugins and Themes I get the following failure message for all updates.

Downloading update from
https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/akismet.3.1.1.zip…;
Unpacking the update…
Installing the latest version…
Plugin update failed.
An error occurred while updating Akismet: The package could not be installed. The package contains no files.

I can't find any log messages or anything else to tell me why this is failing. Any suggestions? I'm a WordPress newbie and this is my first problem of this nature."


Second issue is that I am setting up users by copying their details from an older system - but I can’t copy the passwords and need to force them to set a new pw when they first sign in to the new system. Not sure how to accomplish that. Any search for expiring passwords just presents me with a myriad of people who want me to install their particular security plug in.


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

On May 20, 2015, at 5:48 PM, Pacheco, Mauricio <mauricio.pacheco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Jon,

I am an experienced WP developer. I run 15+ web sites and one intranet.
What can I do for you?

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On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 5:38 PM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

What's that line from Ocean's Eleven; "I met a guy in the joint..."

The webmaster from http://alpineschools.org/ gave an excellent
presentation on WordPress to
http://uiipa.org/2013/04/06/gslmug-meeting-for-april-10th/

I think he manages or supports something like 75-100 WordPress sites.



On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Jon Paris
<jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Anyone here got any suggestions for good sources of assistance with
WordPress?

I’ve tried the main support forums but they literally get so many
questions an hour that the net result seems to be that only a tiny
percentage get any responses. And mine is not one of them! Within
12 hours of posting it had sunk to page 3!


Jon Paris

www.partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com

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